There’s an old joke that gets to the point of this column. It goes like this:
A husband and wife are lying in bed reading. Suddenly, she sighs heavily and says, “Darling, if I died, would you get married again?”
“Maybe I would,” he says. “Our marriage has been a happy one, and I might consider trying again.”
A few moments later, his wife turns to him and says, “Darling? What about my jewelry? Would you give her my jewelry?”