Don’t Tell Your Wife That Her Nose Will Stay Thin Even When She Doesn’t
A Nose For Beauty
Scene: The Donkey and The Wife are riding in the car, discussing the looks of someone they saw earlier that day.
Wife: It’s interesting how some people with heavier faces are so beautiful. Any extra weight in my face just looks terrible. I just can’t pull that off, can I?
Donkey: Um…this sounds like one of your trick questions. I have no idea what I should say.
Wife: Oh. I only meant it as an observation; I didn’t even mean to make it a question.
Donkey: You have to admit, you do sometimes ask trick questions, and the one you just asked me was impossible to answer without getting in trouble.
Wife: (sighs) Well, first of all it wasn’t a trick question; I was just making an observation. Secondly, even if it had been one of those “trick questions” you refer to, or if I were fishing for a compliment–which again, was not the case here–it really shouldn’t be that hard for you to just say something nice.
Donkey: OK, so in this specific situation, what could I have said?
Wife: Alright… If you felt that you agreed with me that I’m not necessarily someone whose face looks nice with extra weight, you could have simply mentioned something else about my face that looks nice regardless.
Donkey: What, like your nose?
Wife: My nose? I’ve never thought of my nose being an attractive feature…
Donkey: No–I”m just saying that if you gained weight in your face, your nose would probably stay the same size.
Wife: I give up.
Donkey: What?!
Wife: “You have nice eyes.” “You have cute lips.” “I love the way your face lights up when you smile.” –Any of these responses would have worked.
Donkey: Like I said–trick question
6 Responses to “Don’t Tell Your Wife That Her Nose Will Stay Thin Even When She Doesn’t”
Well, I guess regardless of what happens you can rest assured that he likes your nose just the way it is. I don’t know how he feels about the rest of you…but apparently he likes your nose.
By Nancy Sabina on Sep 29, 2008
I love it!
By Cindy on Sep 29, 2008
Men just don’t get it.
Or women either, I suppose.
By Melinda on Sep 29, 2008
Wow! Have to side with the Donkey on this one. There is no possible correct response to that comment/question.
By Dameon on Sep 30, 2008
It’s a women thing to ask trick questions. Somehow, every one in 2-3 questions is a trick one with no answer. And it seems like pointing out that it is a trick question get you in trouble as well.
Must say I have the same problem most days.
By Tsahi Levent-Levi on Oct 4, 2008
You ended up fishing for a compliment. I do this so often that I don’t even realize it and then my itty bitty feelings wound up getting hurt. I’m glad I’ve learned to laugh it off as his inability to quite grasp the worm I’m casting out to him…
By Angela on Oct 24, 2008