An old man calls his son and says, โListen, your mother and I are getting divorced.
Forty-five years of misery is enough.โ
โDad, what are you talking about?โ the son screams.
โWe canโt stand the sight of each other any longer,โ he says.
โIโm sick of her face, and Iโm sick of talking about this, so call your sister and tell her,โ and he hangs up.
Now, the son is worried.
He calls his sister.
She says, โLike hell theyโre getting divorced!
โ
She calls their father immediately.
โYouโre not getting divorced!
Donโt do another thing.
The two of us are flying home tomorrow to talk about this.
Until then, donโt call a lawyer, donโt file a paper.
DO YOU HEAR ME?โ
She hangs up the phone.
The old man turns to his wife and says,
โOkay, theyโre both coming for Christmas and paying their own airfares.โ