Well- today I have embarrassed my wife a great deal. I am feeling very bad about that. Let me tell you from the starting.

I admit that I am a miser when it comes to certain things. I am not really a miser but I feel that if we can get along finely without spending money on something, then it is for the best. This is the reason why I purchase new socks only after a gap of three years. I mean what’s the point in purchasing new socks every year. I don’t understand that.

My feet are always in my shoes and at home- it doesn’t really matter. Now my wife is always after me to get new socks. Once she even got the socks herself for me but I put up such a terrible row that she was in tears. From that day, she stopped asking me for new socks. I was also happy with my pair of good, old socks.

Now recently, I got holes in my sock’s toes. I am honestly telling that I was determined to get a new pair this week only. I was all set when a few acquaintances descended at our home yesterday. It was a surprise visit by them which turned literally into a shock visit.

We were just chatting together when my friend’s wife insisting on reading my foot lines. She said that she was great foot reader. Now all of us were really amazed when she read my wife’s foot lines so well. Everything she said was completely true. I became highly excited and in my excitement forgot all about my sock’s toe holes.

I got my foot out and it was then that my toes peeped outside the holes as if they were more excited than me. Everyone was amused. My friend and his wife teased me a lot about it. My wife was really embarrassed. She gave me the sternest stare. I didn’t know what to do at that time and thought it better to just laugh the matter off.

Now my wife is not speaking to me from yesterday. She is not even looking at me. I am feeling so sad. It is all my fault.

Let me take your leave now. Please take care, bye.

The ‘common man’ went to the market and bought ten new pair of socks. He went to his wife and gave her the packet with the gravest face. The wife was alarmed and thought something bad had happened. She hastily opened the packet and laughed like anything when she saw the socks.