Old Lady Notices Her Husband Disappears at Night and Returns in the Morning — Story of the Day

A woman becomes suspicious when her husband starts disappearing every night after dinner, and won’t tell her where he is going.

Sally Kemper knew that her husband was cheating on her. He left the house every night without a word of explanation and returned only at daybreak. Sally knew why Tom was cheating after 35 years of marriage. Sally was bald and ugly.

Sally had always been proud of her long, beautiful red hair, so when one day it started falling out, she was horrified. She thought maybe it was her shampoo or the chlorine from the pool where she swam.

As time went on, more and more of Sally’s hair fell out and she decided it was time to see her doctor. After a lot of tests, the doctor told her that she had alopecia areata. Her beautiful hair wasn’t going to grow back — she was going to lose it all.

Sally came home and told her husband Tom about her diagnosis. She just couldn’t stop crying, and no matter how he tried, Tom couldn’t console her. “I’m ugly!” Sally cried. “Look at me!”

“No, you’re not!” Tom said. “You’re as lovely as you’ve ever been!”

“Stop it!” Sally screamed. “I can see what I look like! I look grotesque!”

“I don’t agree,” Tom said firmly. “But we can go and look for a wig tomorrow, OK?” Sally was mollified and agreed to go wig shopping with Tom the next day.

The shopping expedition turned out to be a complete disaster. No matter what the salesperson showed her, or what wig she tried on, nothing satisfied Sally. “No!” she said. “That’s completely the wrong shade of red!”

She hated the colors, the cut, and the textures of every single wig they showed her until one irritated saleswoman told her, “Lady, you either go bald and proud or have a wig custom made for you!”

That night Sally cried herself to sleep. The next morning she wrapped a scarf around her head to cover the widening bald...