A couple was invited to a swanky masked Halloween Party. At the last 
minute, the wife came down with a terrible headache and told her husband 
to go to the party alone. He, being a devoted husband, protested, but 
she argued and said she was going to take some aspirin and go to bed, 
and there was no need for him to spoil his evening also. So he took his 
costume and away he went.

The wife, after sleeping soundly for one hour, awakened without pain, 
and as it was still early, she decided to go to the party. Beings her 
husband did not know what her costume was, she thought she would have 
some fun by watching him to see how he acted when she was not with him.

She joined the party and soon spotted her husband cavorting around on the 
dance floor, dancing with every woman in sight, copping a little feel here 
and a little kiss there. The wife sashayed up to him rather seductively 
and began flirting. He immediately left his partner high and dry and 
devoted his attention to the new stuff that had just arrived.

She let him go as far as he wished; naturally, since he was her husband.  
Finally he whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed, so 
off they went to one of the cars and had a little fun.

Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped away and went home and put 
the costume away and got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation he 
would make for his behavior.

She was sitting up reading when he came in and asked what kind of a time 
he had had.
"Oh the same old thing," he said. "You know I never have a good time when 
you're not there."
"Did you dance much?" she asked.
"No," he replied. "I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met 
Pete, Bill Brown and some other guys, so we went into the den and played 
poker all evening. But I gotta tell you... the guy I loaned my costume to, 
sure had great time!"