The Black Bra

SC sent me this humorous story in an email a week or so ago. Interestingly, I believe that we find it humorous for completely different reasons. Read the story and then my analysis of why it is funny below:

I had lunch with 2 of my unmarried friends. One is engaged, one is a mistress, and of course I have been married for 20+ years. We were chatting about our relationships and decided to amaze our men by wearing a black leather bra, stiletto heels and a mask over our eyes. We agreed to meet in a few days to exchange notes. Here's how it all went.

My engaged friend:The other night my boyfriend came over and found me with a black leather bodice, tall stilettos and a mask.He saw me and said, 'You are the woman of my dreams. I love you'. Then we made love all night long.

The mistress:Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing the leather bodice, heels and mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat he didn't say a word, but we had wild sex all night.

Then I had to share my story:When my husband came home I was wearing the leather bodice, black stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes. As soon as he came in the door and saw me he said, "What's for dinner, Batman?"


Now the reason SC and I would suppose most other vaginal Americans would find this amusing is the obvious "What's for dinner, Batman?" punchline. On the other hand, what I and I would suspect most other husbands find amusing is the very notion that any woman married more than a year, let alone 20+, would ever decide on her own to greet her husband in this manner in the first place.