The Writer's Blog

Never argue with a fool.
People might not know the difference!

I was invited to an old friend’s home for dinner one evening. My friend preceded every request to his wife with endearing terms-honey, my love, darling, sweetheart, pumpkin, ect. They had been marrid almost 50 years and clearly were still very much in love. While the wife was in the kitchen, I leaned over and told my friend, “I think it’s wonderful that, after all these years, you can still call your wife those loving names.” The old man hung his head. “Well to tell you the truth,” he said,”I forgot her name about 10 years ago.”