A man returns home early from work one afternoon to find his wife spread out on the bed, puffing and panting, her face red and sweaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Startled, he rushes into the room.
\u201cWhat on earth are you doing?\u201d he asks, confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cErr\u2026 I\u2026 um\u2026 I think I\u2019m having a heart attack!\u201d she stammers, clutching her chest dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The husband panics. \u201cDon\u2019t move! I\u2019ll call an ambulance right now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He runs to grab the phone, fumbling as he dials emergency services. Suddenly, his young son bursts out of the closet wearing nothing but his underwear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDaddy! Daddy! Uncle Joe is hiding in the closet and he took my Spiderman costume!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The husband freezes.
There\u2019s a moment of stunned silence.
He slowly puts the phone down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He turns toward the closet, his jaw tightening. The husband shouts, \u201cWHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Without missing a beat, Joe stammers, \u201cI\u2014I was playing hide and seek with the kids?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHide and seek?\u201d the husband repeats, raising an eyebrow. \u201cIn your underwear?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joe gulps. \u201cI\u2026 I got hot?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The wife, still pretending to be short of breath, jumps in: \u201cOh, don\u2019t worry,\u201d the husband snaps, \u201cyou\u2019re about to make mine worse!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n At that moment, little Timmy pipes up again innocently, \u201cDaddy, are you mad because Uncle Joe doesn\u2019t fit in my Spiderman suit?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later that night, after things calmed down (sort of), the husband sat alone at the kitchen table, drinking his coffee and shaking his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He muttered, \u201cA heart attack, huh? That\u2019s a new one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The wife came down, still acting flustered. \u201cHoney, I can explain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, I can\u2019t wait to hear this,\u201d he said, leaning back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She took a deep breath. \u201cYou see, Joe came over because\u2026 he was helping me install\u2026 the new Wi-Fi router!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe router,\u201d the husband repeated flatly. \u201cAnd somehow that required you to lose your clothes, and him to hide in a closet?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell,\u201d she said, blushing, \u201cthe Wi-Fi was acting funny\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He shook his head slowly. \u201cYeah, it\u2019s not the Wi-Fi that\u2019s funny, dear. It\u2019s this whole circus!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A week passed, and the couple barely spoke. Then, one evening, the husband came home, whistling and holding a big box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d his wife asked nervously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s a home security camera system,\u201d he said with a smile. \u201cHigh-definition. Night vision. Motion sensor. The works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her eyes widened. \u201cYou\u2019re putting cameras in the house?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He nodded. \u201cOh, yes. I figure it\u2019s the best way to make sure no one\u2014\u201d he paused, smiling slyly, \u201c\u2014has any more heart attacks when I\u2019m not home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She gulped. \u201cYou\u2026 don\u2019t trust me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He chuckled. \u201cLet\u2019s just say I trust technology more than \u2018Uncle Joe.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n From that day on, every time his wife\u2019s phone buzzed, the husband would grin and say, \u201cCareful, dear \u2014 don\u2019t overheat the Wi-Fi again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that\u2019s when she realized\u2026 she\u2019d definitely lost her best excuse forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honesty really is<\/em> the best policy \u2014 especially when your cover story involves fake heart attacks and superheroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And as for the husband? Well, he never looked at closets \u2014 or Wi-Fi routers \u2014 the same way again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A man returns home early from work one afternoon to find his wife spread out on the bed,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3414,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3412\/revisions\/3414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
He flings the door open \u2014 and sure enough, there\u2019s his best friend, Uncle Joe<\/strong>, crouched inside, sweating, pale, and wearing nothing but a terrified expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSweetheart! Don\u2019t yell \u2014 you\u2019ll make my heart worse!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Twist<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
A Week Later<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Moral of the Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n