Four married men went fishing together early one Saturday morning. As they cast their lines into the water, the conversation turned to what each of them had sacrificed to be there.
The first man sighed dramatically.
“You have no idea what I had to promise my wife to come fishing today. I told her I’d paint the entire house this weekend.”
The others nodded in understanding.
The second man shook his head.
“That’s nothing. I promised my wife I’d build her a brand-new deck by the pool. She’s been asking for it for years.”
The third man raised his eyebrows and added,
“You guys had it easy. I promised my wife I’d completely remodel the kitchen—cabinets, counters, everything.”
They all groaned in sympathy.
Then they noticed the fourth man, quietly fishing with a grin on his face.
“Hey,” one of them asked, “you’ve been awfully quiet. What did you have to promise your wife to come out here?”
The fourth man smiled and said,
“Nothing much. I just set my alarm for 5:30 this morning. When it went off, I turned it off, gently nudged my wife, and asked, ‘Fishing… or something else?’”
The men leaned in.
“She rolled over and said, ‘Put on a sweater.’”
The group burst into laughter.
Moral of the story:
Sometimes, timing and the right question can save you a whole lot of work 
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