Stories About Love
I Want a Divorce

A married couple is in a car along the highway doing a steady forty miles per hour. The wife is behind the wheel.

Her husband looks at her abruptly and started speaking in a clear voice.
He says, "Darling, I know we've been married for twenty years, but I want a divorce."
The wife says nothing. She keeps her eyes on the road ahead but slowly increases her speed to forty-five miles per hour.

The husband speaks again.
This time, he said, "I don't want you to try and talk me out of it, because I've been having an affair with your best friend and she's a far better lover than you."
Again the wife stays quiet. However, she grips the steering wheel more tightly and slowly increases the speed to fifty-five miles per hour.

He pushes his luck.
"I want the house." He demands.
The car is now travelling at sixty miles per hour.
"I want the car too." He continues.
The speedometer reads sixty-five miles per hour.
"And," he says,
"I'll have the bank accounts, all the credit cards, the boat and our dog!"

The car slowly begins veering towards a massive concrete bridge.
This makes him a wee bit nervous, so he asks her, "Isn't there anything you want?"

The wife replies at last in a quiet and controlled voice.
"No, I've got everything I need." She says.
"Oh, really?" He inquires.
"So what exactly have you got?

Just before they slam into the wall at seventy-five miles per hour, the wife turns to him and says, "The airbag."

Never underestimate the rationalization of a woman.