Gina Heslop
The Giraffe
One day, a husband asked his wife what she wanted for her birthday, which was the next day. The wife, jokingly, said she wanted a giraffe. The husband was taken aback and asked her to be more reasonable.
He explained that getting a giraffe was impossible and asked her to request something he could actually manage to give her.
The wife then thought for a moment and said, “Alright, then give up drinking. That would be a great gift for me.” The husband, probably a bit reluctant but wanting to make his wife happy, accepted the challenge.
The next day, the husband presented his gift to his wife. To her surprise and amusement, instead of giving up drinking, he somehow managed to get her a real giraffe!
The Phone Call
Another day, the same husband was at the club when he received a call from his wife. She told him she was at a nearby mall and had found a beautiful mink coat. She asked if she could buy it, mentioning it cost $1,500. The husband, thinking it over for a moment, agreed and told her to buy it if she liked it so much.
Feeling encouraged, the wife then told him she had also visited a Mercedes dealership. She had seen a car she liked, and the salesman had given her a good price. She mentioned that they needed to replace their old BMW anyway. The husband asked how much it would cost. When she told him it was $60,000, he agreed but insisted that it should come with all the options.
Before ending the call, the wife had one more thing to discuss. She had reconciled their bank account and noticed they had enough money to buy a house they had looked at the previous year.
This house had a pool, an English garden, a large park area, and was beachfront property. She told him it was on sale for $450,000. The husband, not wanting to disappoint her, told her to go ahead and buy it, but to try bidding $420,000 first.
The wife, happy with her husband’s approval, thanked him and told him she loved him. The husband replied with “I love you too,” and then hung up the phone.
After ending the call, the husband looked around the club, held up the phone, and asked, “Does anyone know who this phone belongs to?” It turned out he had been talking on a stranger’s phone the entire time!
