AN ELDERLY GENT WAS INVITED TO A FRIEND'S HOME FOR DINNER ONE EVENING. HE WAS
IMPRESSED BY THE WAY HIS BUDDY PRECEDED EVERY REQUEST TO HIS WIFE WITH ENDEARING
TERMS SUCH AS: HONEY, MY LOVE, BABY, SWEETHEART, DARLING, ETC... THE COUPLE HAD
BEEN MARRIED ALMOST 70 YEARS AND, CLEARLY, THEY WERE STILL VERY MUCH IN LOVE.
WHILE THE WIFE WAS IN THE KITCHEN, THE MAN LEANED OVER TO HIS HOST AND SAID: "I
THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, YOU STILL CALL YOUR WIFE THOSE
LOVING PET NAMES." THE OLD MAN HUNG HIS HEAD, SIGHED, AND SAID: "I HAVE TO TELL
YOU THE TRUTH, HER NAME SLIPPED MY MIND ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO AND I'M SCARED TO
DEATH TO ASK THE OLD BAT WHAT IT IS!"
