A wealthy man came home
A wealthy man came home one evening, looked over the household expenses, and immediately became frustrated.
“Honey, have you seen these bills?” he asked.
“Our expenses are getting completely out of control!”
His wife looked up calmly.
“What exactly are you complaining about?”
The husband started listing everything.
“We pay for a personal chef. We pay for a housekeeper. We pay someone to take care of the garden. Do you realize how much money we’re spending?”
His wife raised an eyebrow.
“So what do you suggest we do?”
The husband proudly explained his plan.
“It’s simple. If you learned how to cook, we could let the chef go.”
His wife nodded.
“Interesting.”
“And if you learned how to clean,” he continued, “we could let the housekeeper go, too.”
She smiled.
“Anything else?”
“Well, yes,” he said. “If you took care of more things around the house, we’d save a fortune!”
His wife thought about it for a moment.
Then she smiled sweetly and said:
“You’re absolutely right, darling. And if you learned how to keep me happy, I suppose we could let the gardener go, too.”
The husband suddenly stopped talking.
He looked at his wife.
Then at the bills.
Then back at his wife.
Finally, he quietly picked up the newspaper.
“You know what? I think the budget is perfectly fine exactly the way it is.”