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After being fired from my job, I unexpectedly won 200 million in the lottery. My wife, who had promised to pick me up, stood me up.
I walked ten miles home in the pouring rain, only to find my wife had spent a fortune throwing a welcome party for her first love. When I was mentioned, everyone's faces showed disgust.
My mother-in-law rolled her eyes and said, "That good-for-nothing lost his job, and still wanted you to pick him up after work? Don't anyone dare open the door for him later!"
My ten-year-old daughter enthusiastically agreed, "Grandma's right, Mom should divorce that loser dad! I don't want to call a bum my father anymore. I like handsome and rich Uncle William, who can buy me limited edition Barbie dolls!"
My heart sank to the pit of my stomach as I turned my gaze to my beloved wife.
But I heard her say with a gentle laugh, "One night as husband and wife, a hundred days of kindness. I can't be that heartless. As long as he agrees to let William move in and rekindle our past romance, I'll let him be a husband in name only. What's the harm in him mooching off us for a few years?"
At that moment, I fully realized that I was the real clown all along.
But when I actually granted her wish and filed for divorce, they were filled with gut-wrenching regret upon seeing me driving a luxury car, with my new wife and newborn baby daughter.