My office is across the driveway from my home, and three days a week, when my beautiful wife Jill loads the kids in our mini-van to take them to pre-school - I run down from my office to kiss the girls goodbye.
This morning my wife asked me “Do I Look Fat” ?
Now, lets forget the fact that, as I define beauty, she is the most beautiful woman that I’ve ever met.
And lets ignore the fact that she’s a little tiny thing.
Not only is the question itself foolish, just the ASKING of the question is foolish.
I mean really!
If I wanted to get divorced – I’d just hire another lawyer!
In fact she isn’t fat – she’s just had two children in the past 4 years and taking care of them (and me) doesn’t leave her the time for exercise that she has had for the first 35 years of her life. (She’s always been a health and fitness nut.)
But I got to thinking about the question.
1.) If she thinks she looks fat, when I tell her she’s not - she won’t really believe me , will she ?
2.) If I thought she actually DID look fat, does she really think I would SAY SO?
3.) If she really think she looks fat, ad I tell her she doesn’t look fat, then won’t she now think that I routinely lie to her – and if I’m lying about that am I lying about other things?
So…… Honesty aside, there is no right answer. The truth doesn’t even matter, if your wife asks this question, you’re screwed !
Marriage is great, but it never stops being complicated.
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