One evening, feeling far too confident for his own good, a husband decided to tease his wife while they were getting ready for bed. With a smirk and a laugh, he looked at her and said, “Maybe we should start washing your clothes in Slim Fast — it might shave a few inches off your backside.” He clearly expected a playful reaction, maybe even a laugh. What he didn’t expect was the silence that followed. His wife said nothing. She just looked at him, smiled faintly, and went on with her night.
That silence should have scared him. But it didn’t. He went to bed thinking he’d gotten away with it, completely unaware that his wife was already planning her response. She wasn’t angry in the loud, dramatic way. She was calm. Focused. And very motivated to teach him a lesson he wouldn’t forget.
The next morning, the husband opened his underwear drawer and grabbed a clean pair. The moment he shook them out, a cloud of fine powder puffed into the air. He froze, staring at them like they’d betrayed him. “What on earth is this?” he muttered, coughing slightly. Confused and irritated, he marched toward the bathroom.
“April!” he called out. “Why did you put talcum powder in my underwear?”
From behind the bathroom door, his wife replied sweetly, “Oh, that’s not talcum powder.”
There was a pause.
“That’s Slim Fast.”
The realization hit him instantly. He stood there, underwear in hand, as his wife stepped out of the bathroom with a perfectly innocent smile. “You said it works when it touches clothes,” she added. “I just thought I’d help shave a few inches off something of yours too.”
He never made another comment about her body again.
