A man who worked very hard 12-16 hours a day six days a week, sometimes seven, returned home, picked up his guitar and walked to the backyard to unwind. He was very successful because of his strong work ethic, and lived in a mansion on a cliff overlooking the ocean.
He sat on a bench, took a deep breath, strummed a few chords and was just starting to relax when his wife showed up.
"There you are! It's about time you came home! I've hardly seen you all week. I think you love that job more than you love me!"
His left eye spasmed uncontrollably. He took his cell phone from his pocket, dialed his office and said, "Hello, boss. I quit. Sorry. Goodbye."
He then turned to his wife and said, "I just quit my seven-figure a year job because I don't ever want you to think that I love anything more than I love you." He got up, hugged her and said, "Now if you don't mind, schnookums, I'd like to relax for a few minutes."
He sat down on the bench again and tried to finish the tune he was playing when she said, "What the hell's wrong with you? Why did you quit your job? We needed that money!"
He closed his eyes and tried to settle the peptic ulcer eating into his stomach.
"And another thing," she continued. "What is the deal with that guitar? When is the last time you held me the way you're always holding that thing? I think you love that guitar more than you love me!"
He stood up, walked to the edge of the cliff and threw the guitar over. It spiraled downward until it exploded into pieces on the rocks below.
"There. Now there's nothing for you to be jealous of, my dear. You mean more to me than my job - uh, former job - or my guitar, even if it belonged to Elvis Presley and was priceless. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to the gym to work out. I'm very stressed out now that I don't have a job and have to start sending resumes out again tomorrow."
"What?" she yelled. "The gym again? This is our time and you'd rather work out. I think you love your body more than you love me."
Without hesitation, the man walked to the edge of the cliff and jumped off. On the way down, he yelled, "You see, my darling? There's nothing in this world I love more than you. Do you believe me nowwwwwwwwwwwwwww?" Splat.
She looked at his crumpled body on the rocks for a moment and yelled down, "You'll do anything to win an argument, won't you? Can't you ever just listen???"
Moral of the story - Ya just can't win.
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