Every night, after dinner, a
man took off for
the local tavern. He spent the whole evening
there, and arrived home very
drunk around midnight each night.
He always had trouble getting his key into the keyhole and getting the
door opened. His wife, waiting up for him, would go to the door and
let
him in. Then she would proceed to yell and scream at him, for
his
constant nights out, and coming home in a drunken state. But,
Harry
continued his nightly routine.
One day, the wife was
talking to a friend about her husband’s
behavior, and was
particularly distraught by it all.
The friend listened to her, and then
said, „Why don’t you treat him a
little differently, when he comes
home? Instead of berating him, why
don’t you give him some loving
words, and welcome him home with a kiss?
He then might change his
ways.“
The wife thought that might be a good idea.
That night, Harry took off again, after dinner. And, about midnight,
he
arrived home, in his usual condition.
His wife heard him
at the door, and quickly went to it, and opened the
door, and let
Harry in.
This time, instead of berating him, as she had always
done, she took
his arm, and led him into the living room. She sat him
down in an easy
chair, put his feet up on the ottoman and took his
shoes off. Then she
went behind him, and started to cuddle him a
little. After a little
while, she said to him, „It’s pretty late,
dear. I think we had better go
upstairs to bed, now, don’t you
think?“
At that, Harry replied, in his inebriated state, „I guess we
might as
well. I’ll be getting in trouble with the stupid wife
when I get home
anyway!“
