A young couple get married

A young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew
apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone,
not even each other.

The Groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice.
"Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage.
I love my fiance, very much, but you see, I have very smelly feet, and I'm
afraid that my future wife will be put off by them."

"No problem," said dad, "all you have to do is wash your feet as often as
possible, and always wear socks, even to bed." Well, to him this seemed a
workable solution.

The bride-to-be, overcoming her fear, decided to take her problem up her
mom. "Mom," she said, "When I wake up in the morning my breath is truly
awful."

"Honey," her mother consoled, "everyone has bad breath in the morning."

"No, you don't understand. My morning breath is so bad, I'm afraid that my
new husband will not want to sleep in the same room with me."

Her mother said simply, "Try this. In the morning, get straight out of bed,
and head for the bathroom and brush your teeth. The key is, not to say a
word until you've brushed your teeth. Not a word," her mother affirmed.
Well, she thought it was certainly worth a try.

The loving couple were finally married in a beautiful ceremony. Not
forgetting the advice each had received, he with his perpetual socks and she
with her morning silence, they managed quite well. That is, until about six
months later. Shortly before dawn, the husband wakes with a start to find
that one of his socks had come off. Fearful of the consequences, he
frantically searches the bed. This, of course, woke his bride and without
thinking, she immediately asks, "What on earth are you doing?"

"Oh, no!" he gasped in shock, "You've swallowed my sock!"