On their wedding night, the young bride approached her new husband and asked for $20.00 for their first lovemaking encounter.
Her excited husband agreed.
This scenario was repeated the next night, and the next, and became their habit every single time they made love, eventually for more than 40 years - him thinking that it was a cute way for her to afford new clothes and other incidentals that she wanted.
Arriving home around noon one day, she was surprised to find her husband unexpectedly at home, in a shambolic drunken state.
When she asked him what the hell was going on, he explained that his job was a victim of the company’s corporate downsizing, and he had been let go.
It was highly unlikely that, at the age of 59, he'd be able to find another position paying anywhere near what he'd been earning, and so they were financially ruined.
Proudly and calmly his wife went upstairs and returned with a bank book which showed more than forty years of steady deposits and interest totalling nearly $1 million. Then she showed him certificates of deposits issued by the bank which were worth over $2 million, and proudly told him that they were one of the largest depositors in the bank.
She explained that for the four decades she had 'charged' him for sex, these holdings had multiplied, and these were the results of her savings and investments.
Faced with evidence of cash and investments worth over $3 million, her husband was so astounded he could barely speak, but finally he found his voice and blurted out, 'Honey, if only I'd had any idea what you were doing, I would have given you all my business!'
That's when she shot him.
Sad, but I know, I didn’t see this coming either.