Embarrassing my wife and children is not the main purpose of my life, but it seems to be the chief result. For example, I believe that labeling clothing is a smart idea. Therefore, with a broad laundry marker, I print my initials and the purchase date on every garment. This means that in packing for a trip your newest underwear is always easy to locate.
In addition, older T-shirts, which grow thin with washing, make wonderful summer pajama tops. Thus, to distinguish the daily from the nightly I mark the sleep shirts with a huge letter “S”.
Four decades ago, dressing in the dark one morning, I inadvertently donned the wrong undershirt. I discovered my mistake that afternoon changing into tennis togs in the locker room when my good buddy asked what the “S” meant. I quickly explained that this was my bed shirt and my wife had drawn a big “S” to stand for “Superman.” His face collapsed with incredulity since no such shirt had he.
Of course every husband’s secret bedroom dream is for his wife to draw a big Superman “S” on his chest, and I think some day soon I really must confess to my friend that I made the whole thing up on the spot.
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