But You Were 147 Votes Short

Famous dentist Sam and his wife were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

Sam looked at his wife’s face for a moment and asked, “Darling, did you ever cheat on me in these fifty years?”

The woman, quite surprised by her husband’s question, remained silent for a while.

“If my answer is yes, wouldn’t your opinion of me change? Do you still want to know despite everything?”

“No, my love, it wouldn’t change, and I really do want to know. Please tell me.”

“Since you want to learn, yes, darling, I cheated on you three times,” the woman replied.

“Who were these people?” Sam asked.

“The first one,” the woman began to explain, “remember when you were 30 years old and wanted to open your own clinic, but no bank manager would give you a loan? Then one bank manager came to the house. Without asking anything, he had you sign all the papers, and you were able to open your clinic with ultra-modern equipment. Do you remember?”

“Ahhh, my darling. So you sacrificed yourself for me, my dear wife,” Sam said. “And the second one?”

“Remember when you had a heart attack at 39, and you needed critical bypass surgery, but no doctor had the courage to do it? You could have died any moment. Dr. Halery got up from all that distance, came, performed your surgery, and brought you back to life,” his wife said.

“Ahhh, my beloved wife, so you sacrificed yourself once more to save my life, is that right? And the third infidelity?”

“Do you remember? Years ago, you were 43 and wanted to become the president of the dentists’ chamber, but you were 147 votes short…”