I wish I had learned that years ago. It saves me months of aggravation. Come right out and if anyone takes offense - "buh bye, see ya, don't let the door hit you where the Lord split you."
It reminds me a of an old joke:
A guy's telling his friend he's in the dog house with the wife. "I almost made it in last night without waking her up. I was tiptoeing up the stairs, shoes in hand, when I stumbled on one of the kids toys that went crashing down the stairs with a God-awful racket. She demanded to know which whores I was traipsing around with and told me to sleep on the couch. It's cold in that room and the couch is so uncomfortable. My kids woke me up early and I had to get them breakfast while my head was still pounding. My neck and shoulders will be sore for a few days."
His buddy just nods.
The first guy says, "now that I think about it, you've never said anything about having to sleep on the couch, ever. Have you ever had to sleep on the couch? Does your wife not care that you got in so late too?"
His buddy smiles. "Are you kidding me? I came home hootin' and hollerin' last night. I cooked myself a very early breakfast, banging pots and pans getting it all ready. I then stomped up the stairs as loud as I could, yelling to my wife about all the lasses at the pub kissing me and giving me the eye, but that I held them off because I was going home to make love to my wife. I jumped on the bed, slapped her on the ass a few times, but wouldn't you know it, she was so sound asleep there was nothing for me to do but go to sleep myself, in my nice warm bed. I woke up late to all the dishes done and not a word from her about how soundly she must have been sleeping."
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