The third woman, unfazed, lets out a soft chuckle before delivering the punchline that
turns the entire conversation on its head. “Oh, not at all,” she says with a sly grin. “I’m a widow.”
Her unexpected revelation leaves her companions speechless for a moment, before laughter erupts.
The humor lies in the irony of her statement. Unlike the first two women, who are struggling with
the uncertainties of their husbands’ actions, the widow no longer has to deal with such worries.
Her husband’s location is, quite literally, fixed—a bittersweet but undeniably
clever twist that flips the tone of the conversation entirely.
