The “number” talk is a classic relationship milestone. It’s that moment when partners feel brave enough to ask each other about their romantic pasts, often bracing for an answer they might not want to hear. One joke captures the anxiety and humor of this situation perfectly, with a twist that everyone can appreciate.
A new husband, feeling secure in his marriage, asked his wife the question he’d been curious about: how many men had she been with? Instead of answering, his wife fell into a deep, silent stare at the ceiling. The husband immediately assumed the worst—that the number was so high she was afraid to tell him. He began to backpedal, assuring her that he wouldn’t be upset and that he valued their honesty above all else.
He tried everything to get her to talk, from sweet apologies to gentle kisses. He just wanted to ease the tension he thought he had created. After several minutes of this, his wife finally snapped out of her trance and looked at him, utterly annoyed. Her problem wasn’t a difficult answer; it was that his constant talking and kissing had completely distracted her from the complex mental math she was doing. Her frustrated punchline, “You’ve made me lose count!” hilariously subverts the entire expectation of the conversation, proving that sometimes our assumptions are completely off base.
