An elderly gent was invited to an old friend’s home for dinner one
evening. He was impressed by the way his buddy preceded every request
to his wife with endearing terms such as: Honey, My Love, Darling,
Sweetheart, Pumpkin, etc. The couple had been married almost 70 years
and clearly, they were still very much in love.

While the wife was in
the kitchen, the man leaned over and said to his host, ‘I think it’s
wonderful that, after all these years, you still call your wife those
loving pet names’ The old man hung his head. ‘I have to tell you the
truth,’ he said, ‘Her name slipped my mind about 10 years ago and I’m
scared to death to ask her what it is!’