# Worlds best wife?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948 "2000-04-14T03:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/1 "2000-04-14T03:14:00Z")
Today my husband picked up his new Harley- he was EXTREMELY excited. He went riding, then came home. Well, he tried to put the bike in the garage and got stuck in the quagmire that we call a side yard. I mean stuck. As in, stuck up to the saddlebags stuck. He tried for 3 hours to get the thing out- hooking up the 4 wheel drive, rocking it, etc. No dice. So he comes in all cold and miserable- totally heartbroken over his situation. Finally, I make the obvious suggestion: Since you can get it out with the truck (too muddy to pull it), do you think some kind of winch might work? Geez, I wish we had something like that around here…hmmmmmmm. He runs with the idea and says “Yeah- I’m going to call a tow truck! That way they can park in the dry part of the yard and get it out of there.” 20 minutes and $80 later, the bike is in the driveway and no worse for the wear. He’s at the carwash now washing the mud off. So why am I the best wife in the world? Because I encouraged him to buy the bike with no spending limit. Because I didn’t say “duh! I can’t believe you put that bike anywhere near the muddy yard!!” And because I let him think of the tow truck “on his own” and acted like that thought had just occurred to me, too. (I thought of it as soon as I saw the mess, but he really seemed like he was too embarrassed to hear any suggestions right then) Points for me, peace in my house. Life is good 🙂 Zette * * * “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that? ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/2 "2000-04-14T04:11:00Z")
:::high-fiving Zette::: Excellent handling of a delicate-male-ego situation. And nice of you to encourage him to get the bike! He’d better buy you jewelry soon. 🙂 * * * Cristi, Slayer of Peeps I made my husband join a bridge club. He jumps next Tuesday. (title & sig courtesy of UncleBeer and WallyM7!) ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/3 "2000-04-14T04:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Zette: > **do you think some kind of winch might work?** Yes, you’re some kind of wench all right, **Zette**. With the obvious exception of The Thoroughly Enchanting Mrs. Pluto you are the front runner for WBW. However, don’t you think you could have explained this to the other wives using the secret code you use that preserves the male ego? We know we’re dupes. We just don’t like to be reminded we’re dupes. Sheesh! * * * “I’ll tell him but I don’t think he’ll be very keen. He’s already got one, you see!” ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/4 "2000-04-14T05:00:00Z")
Yep, you’re awesome, Zette. You understand. I have a 1969 Harley Electra Glide. It was a mess when I got it, and I spent 2 months and $3000 restoring it. My wife hates that bike as much as I love it. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/5 "2000-04-14T12:11:00Z")
I’m still smiling over the whole thing. It reminds me of one of the very few times I actually pulled “rank” at home over some issue. My husband looked at me with hurt in his eyes and said “You’re supposed to let ME believe I’m in charge!” I almost busted a gut (he was dead serious). Just trying to show that married couples CAN live in harmony (even in a very tense situation) and even laugh about it the next morning. Whenever you have the opportunity to make the best of a situation, take it! ## Zette “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/6 "2000-04-14T12:18:00Z")
Wondering how long til Zette’s husband starts pouring bags of Sakrete in the side yard… ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/7 "2000-04-14T12:33:00Z")
Pundit, soon I hope! I’m sick of trying to mow the quicksand 🙂 Zette * * * “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that? ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/8 "2000-04-14T12:40:00Z")
Ah, Zette. If only more people could be like you (male and female). Seriously, good job ---
**Author:** ![aschrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@aschrott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aschrott)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/9 "2000-04-14T13:08:00Z")
What, no “why on earth would you want a motorcycle”? No “I told you so”? No “God, why do I always have to bail you out of trouble”? No “If you had only thought of that in the first place”? Zette, on behalf of my gender, I salute you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/10 "2000-04-14T16:02:00Z")
Zette, you are indeed close to being WBW. I must say that Mrs. Trkr is currently in that position but you likely run a close second. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-best-wife/15948/11 "2000-04-15T00:13:00Z")
The best part is that he cheerily relayed the story to my co-workers at happy hour today (he had soda), and even pointed out the exact things I mentioned here. It’s nice to be appreciated 🙂 Zette * * * “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that?