Two weeks ago, it was my 45th birthday, and I wasn't feeling
too hot when I got up that morning anyway. I went into my breakfast
knowing that my wife would be pleasant and say "Happy Birthday" and
probably have a present for me, but she didn't even say "Good Morning."
I said,"Well,that's a wife for you, the children will remember." The
children came into breakfast and didn't say a word.
When I started to the office, I was feeling very low and despondent. As
I walked into my office, Janet said, "Good Morning, Boss... Happy Birthday." Then I felt a little better that someone remembered.
I worked until noon. About noon she knocked at the door
and said, "you know, it's such a beautiful day outside, and it's your
birthday. Let's go out to lunch - just you and me ". So I said, "That's
the best thing I've heard all day. Let's go". We went to lunch. We
didn't go to the place we usually went to. Instead we went to a little
place in the country, which was more private.We had two martinis, and
lunch was tremendous. We enjoyed it a lot.
On the way back to the office, she said,"You know, it's such a beautiful
day. Do we have to go back to the office?" I said, "No, I guess not". She
said, "let's go over to my apartment and I'll fix you another martini".
We went to her apartment. We enjoyed another martini and smoked a cigarette.
She said, "If you don't mind, I think I'll go into the bedroom and change
into something more comfortable." I said," OK" as I didn't mind a bit.
She went into the bedroom, and in about five minutes she
came out of the bedroom carrying a large birthday cake, followed by
my wife and children, and they were all singing "Happy Birthday." And there
I sat with nothing on but my socks.