A woman was in town on a shopping trip.
She began her day finding the most perfect shoes in the first shop and a
beautiful dress on sale in the second.
In the third everything had just been reduced to $5, when her mobile phone
rang.
It was a female doctor notifying her that her husband had just been in a
terrible accident and was in critical condition and in the ICU.
The woman told the doctor to inform her husband where she was and that
she’d be there as soon as possible.
As she hung up she realized she was leaving what was shaping up to be her
best day ever in the shops.
She decided to get in a couple more shops before heading to the hospital.
She ended up shopping the rest of the morning, finishing her trip with a
cup of coffee and a beautiful slice of chocolate cake complimentary from
the last shop.
She was jubilant.
Then she remembered her husband. Feeling guilty, she dashed to the
hospital.
She saw the doctor in the corridor and asked about her Husband’s condition.
The lady doctor glared at her and shouted, “You went ahead and finished
your shopping trip didn’t you!
I hope you’re proud of yourself! While you were out for the past four hours
enjoying yourself in town, your husband has been languishing in the
Intensive Care Unit! It’s just as well you went ahead and finished because
it will be more than likely the last shopping trip you ever take! For the
rest of his life he will require around the clock care. And you’ll now be
his carer!”
The woman was feeling so guilty she broke down and sobbed.
The doctor then chuckled and said, “I’m just pulling your leg. He’s dead!
What’d you buy?”