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An elderly couple in Downeast Maine are in bed one night when the old man wakes up and realizes his wife has passed away…

So he calls up his son and says, “Son, I need you to come down and give me a hand, your mother’s gone.”

The son comes over, and together they lift her up and carry her down the stairs.

Just as they reach the bottom, the son loses his grip and bumps her head on the newel post, and incredibly, she wakes up, calls them both idiots, and lets them hear about it for the next two years.

Then, one morning, the old man wakes up and finds his wife really has passed away. So he calls his son again.

His son comes over, they lift her up, and start down the stairs, and the old man says, “Hang on, son… be EXTRA careful this time.”

My anger issues were getting out of hand. The kids were loud, life was messy, and I was always yelling.

So my therapist suggested something strange: “Try calling them ‘Just $1.99’ and ‘Only $2.99.’ It might help you see things differently.”

I raised an eyebrow. “You’re joking, right?”

“Nope. Think of it as parenting on sale.”

The next morning, I tried it.

“Wake up, Just $1.99! Only $2.99! Breakfast is ready!”

They stared at me like I’d lost it. But then they laughed. And for once… so did I.

Turns out, those prices are hard to beat.

A woman at a diet club was lamenting the fact that she had put on weight.

“I made my family’s favorite cake over the weekend,” she said, “and they ate half of it at dinner.

The next day, I kept staring at the other half until I finally weakened and cut myself a thin slice.

One slice led to another and soon the whole cake was gone.

I was totally dismayed by my lack of willpower, and I knew that my husband would be bitterly disappointed in me.”

“What did he say when he found out?” asked the group leader gently.

“Oh, he never found out,” said the woman.

“I made another cake and ate half!”

On Father’s Day, Jake handed his dad $200.

“Buy something that makes your life easier,” he said.

His dad smiled and took the money.

When Father’s Day finally arrived, Jake was excited to see what his dad had bought — maybe a massage chair, or one of those fancy grills he always talks about.

Instead, he watched as his dad walked into the house, holding… a gift bag. For his mom.

“What’s that?” Jake asked.

“A present for your mom,” his dad replied.

“But I gave you money to make your life easier!” Jake protested.

His dad smiled. “Trust me — when your mom’s happy, my life gets a whole lot easier.”

Jake paused. Then he laughed.

At BrightSpark Tech, things were never dull especially when it came to office banter. Greg, a mid-level project manager, had been feeling the weight of work piling up. Deadlines, client complaints, and a caffeine addiction that could power a small city had finally caught up with him.

One rainy Thursday afternoon, Greg wandered into his boss’s glass-walled office with a tired smile.

“Hey, Mark? Can we talk? I have a problem.”

Mark, ever the motivational guru in loafers and a Hawaiian shirt, shot up from his chair like he’d just heard a swear word at a wedding.

“Problem?” Mark exclaimed. “There is no such thing! We call it an opportunity around here!”

Greg blinked, then slowly nodded. “Okay then,” he said, adjusting his glasses. “I have a serious drinking opportunity.”