A Wife and a Mistress
Feeling a bit paranoid, a rich businessman decided to test the fidelity of his wife and his mistress by putting them both on the same cruise ship vacation in the Caribbean. He booked two adjacent rooms for the two women and then begged off from accompanying them because of business concerns. Once the cruise trip ended, he would question his wife and his mistress separately on each other’s behavior during the cruise without letting on about their relationship with him.
When his wife returned from the cruise trip, the rich businessman began to ask her questions about the people on the cruise in general and then subtly asked questions about the woman in the cabin next to her. Although she never knew that the woman in the adjacent cabin was her husband’s mistress, the wife commented, “She’s a slut! She flirts with every man, single or married. Every night she had a different man spending the night with her for the entire cruise.” Upon hearing this, the rich man was crestfallen but he did not let on that he knew the woman his wife was criticizing.
The next day, he paid his mistress a visit and asked her general questions about the cruise and the people on the cruise. He then asked her subtly about the woman who was in the cabin next to hers. Though she did not know that the woman was her lover’s wife, the mistress gushed, “She’s every inch of a proper lady.” Hearing this, the rich man felt some consolation and asked, “How so?”
“Well, she was very cordial and gracious with the people on the cruise even though she and her husband spent the entire cruise mostly in their cabin.”