One evening last week, my wife and I got into bed.
We were fooling around, the passion started to heat up, when she suddenly says: āI donāt feel like it, I just want you to hold me.ā
I said, āWHAT? Then what was all that about?!?ā
Then she uttered the words that every husband on the planet dreads to hearā¦
āYouāre just not in touch enough with my emotional needs as a woman, for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.ā
She saw my puzzled look and said, āCanāt you just love me for who I am and not for what I do in the bedroom?ā
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
The very next day I decided to take the day off work to spend time with her.Ā We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store.
I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits.Ā She couldnāt decide which one to take so I told her āweāll just buy them allā.
She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit.
We went to the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings.
Let me tell you, she was so excited.Ā She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck.
I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesnāt even know how to play tennis.Ā I think I threw her for a loop when I said, āThatās fine, honey.āShe was almost nearing ecstatic satisfaction from all of the excitement.
Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, āI think this is all dear, letās go to the cashier.ā
I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, āNo honey, I donāt feel like it.ā
Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled āWHAT??!!!ā
Then I said, āReally, honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. Youāre just not in touch enough with my financial needs as a man, for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.ā
And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me I added, āWhy canāt you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?ā