The Underwear Tree

Early on in our marriage, actually now that I think about it just before we were married, my husband let it be known in a loving way that if he ever finds that his socks or underwear are not washed and put into his closet, he would take that as a sign on my part that our marriage agreement has ended and he will then be free to "Go Fishing" permanently and leave without any notification.

After a few years of bliss and blisters I began to needlessly nag my husband about always going fishing. Then one day this argument erupted into something much bigger and when I thought he should be mowing the lawn he was already planning a stupid fishing outing for some special run or something. Now I thought to teach him a lesson once and for all, because he ended up laughing at me and told me that the mower was in the repair shop any ways! Well, that did it, when he left I packed a few things and went to my mothers house to teach him a lesson.

As life and marriage goes, I ran out of things to talk about with my parents and there was that old thought that nagged me continuously. That one about "finding no underwear in his closet" and that this would be a sign that I no longer wanted to keep my vows. The part that bothered me the most is that when I left the house, I had forgotten to take his underwear out of the dryer and fold them and put them in his closet, but I laughed at such nonsense. Yet that thought persisted for another few days and finally I went home and the first thing I did was to go to the closet and check it out.

Oh no, I stood there for a moment looking at an empty shelf! It was completely void of his underwear, no socks either and only a few colored shirts but the dryer was full and didn't he know that there was a full basket of his underwear just waiting to be folded?

I began to panic a little, I went through the house and found that there was no sign of anyone being there for the last few days. So I waited and waited, but he did not come home. I knew he was the kind of person to leave a note of some sort but there was nothing, not even a call, just the empty underwear closet. Oh yes, all his fishing tackle was gone too!

A full week went by, then another few days and now I was really sick and sorry but still no husband.

Then one bright and beautiful morning I received a package in the mail. Its return address was from some Fishing Lodge in Canada and it had the strong odor of fish, and I opened it as fast as I could. Behold, there was a stack of one dozen brand new underwear's and one dozen pairs of new socks and a dozen new T-shirts. I laughed with joy…but what did this mean? But then I found the note:

"If you want me to come home, take a pair of my underwear and hang them on the tree in our front yard and when I drive by if I see them there I will know you want me back home..?"

Well, when my husband finally drove by the house sometime later in the day, he skidded to a halt when he saw a few curious neighbors standing around talking about the crazy neighbors. For the entire tree, from top to bottom was full of every kind of his underwear! I had dug everything out, no holey ones barred, old and new socks alike, T-shirts of every color and yes, lots of UNDERWEAR TOO! Our tree was decorated rather nicely I thought and plenty of color too!

We cried, we laughed and we laughed even more when the neighbors stood around taking pictures while my husband climbed the tree and reached out and snagged his personals with his Fishing Pole!

So that is why we call the tree out front of our home,

"THE UNDERWEAR TREE!"

Note: Those twelve pair of underwear were greater than any dozen red roses, but roses are nice too, once and a while!

And, I don't worry too much about that stupid lawn, it gets done but only when my husband comes home from a really good fishing trip!

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