👔 Classic Dad Joke
My wife and I were happy for twenty years.
Then we met.
Why This Joke Works
The setup sounds like the beginning of a love story, and the punchline reveals it was the opposite — meeting each other ended the happiness for both of them. The brevity is everything: five words of warm setup, three words of cold destruction. It's structurally perfect and lands like a tiny existential crisis.
🎤 How to Tell This Joke
Say the setup with gentle nostalgia, then drop "then we met" with a deadpan finality that suggests you've made peace with this truth.
Perfect for:
- •At a wedding when someone asks for relationship advice
- •At an anniversary party where the couple is comfortable roasting each other
- •As a first line when introducing yourself to a partner's family for the first time
💡 Did You Know?
Double entendres have been a staple of comedy since Shakespeare — many of his plays are packed with innuendo that would make even modern audiences blush.
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