When Not To Ask

When having an elegant dinner to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, the man leaned forward and said softly to his wife, "Honey, there is something that I have been meaning to ask you, that has always bothered me. Our fifth child doesn’t quite look like the rest of our children. Now I want to assure you that these 50 years have been the most wonderful experience I could have ever hoped for, and your answer cannot take all that away. But, I must know, did he have a different father?"

The wife dropped her head, unable to look her husband in the eyes, thought for some moments and then confessed. "Yes. Yes he did." The man was badly shaken. The reality of what his wife was admitting hit him harder than he had expected. With tears in his eyes, he asked, "Who? Who was he? Who was the father?" Again, the wife dropped her head, said nothing at first, as she tried to muster the courage to tell the truth to her husband. Then, finally, she answered, "You."