Bridge and Marriage 

You might already know this one !

Bridge is like relationships, all hearts and diamonds to start. 

Then you look for a club and a spade.

What about ?

On their wedding night a couple arrive at their hotel room and the phone rings. The husband answers and talks with his friend about a bridge hand. The conversation continues for hours as the friend tells how he went down in six spades.

When it finally ends, the distraught wife is in tears and says, “How can he be so inconsiderate? That was terrible!”

“You’re right, honey. All he had to do was take a finesse.”

And that one ?

Husband and wife who are playing at the home of friends begin to quarrel. He insults her and she goes to the lady's room in tears.  They wait for her to return, but she doesn't come back.  The husband says, let's deal out a hand and I'll bid for her without seeing her hand because it couldn't be any worse than if she were here.  He deals and opens 1H.  Next hand passes and he bids 2H for her.  When it comes back to him, he bids 3H.  Now he thinks a while and bids 4H for her.  The lead is made and when the dummy comes down he sees he is in a reasonable contract, actually the best contract he's been in all night. As the play winds down, he finds he needs a finesse to make the contract. As he takes the finesse, which loses, his wife returns determined to finish the game. 

He looks at her and says"  "You just had to bid 4H, didn't you".

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