Pet Names

An elderly man was invited to his old friend’s home for dinner one evening.

He was impressed by the way his old buddy preceded every request to his wife with endearing terms-calling her Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart, Pumpkin, etc. The couple had been married almost 70 years and they were still very clearly in love.

While the wife was off in the kitchen, the man leaned over and said to his buddy, "I think it’s wonderful that, after all the years you’ve been married, you still call your wife those loving pet names."

The old man hung his head. "I have to tell you the truth," he said. "I forgot her name about ten years ago."