The man who strangled his wife to death while in a nightmare mistaking her to be the burglar raiding their camper van has been set free. The judge even told him that he was a decent man who could do no harm to his wife intentionally.  One thing is for sure, he must have had a good lawyer for now he is a free man.

I mentioned this to my wife and sensing the wickedness in my tone she asked me to banish any thought of trying it out in our bedroom. “All that you do is snore which is reason enough for me to kill you ” she said with real intent in her voice.

Murder I said is taking things a little too far but there have been instances I told her when people have gone visiting a strip bar or the local pub while sleepwalking but she would have nothing of it. Well, she said : ” If you ever get to doing something while sleepwalking it better be the dishes or the mowing of our front lawn ” . 

I have always wondered and still wonder why a wife would like to have her husband’s hands scrubbing a dish or pushing a mower when he would be very happy having them wrapped around a cold glass of beer. I was having no luck at all and that is when I felt envious of the free man. Some guys, I thought, get away with murder while the rest of us always remain under our wife’s radar.

Now that one person got lucky, there must be more guys around who think it would be safe to strangle their wives and plead innocence on the grounds of having nightmares but beware –  the wives could have the same idea as well. So next time the wife walks to the kitchen in her sleep make sure she does not return to bed with a knife!! – for one, she must have found herself a good lawyer for sure.