Take away my morning coffee and I'll show you the elephant

For my husband, stumbling, bleary-eyed into the kitchen at 6am to make coffee in nothing but his boxers is part of who he is. It may even be the foremost reason I love him. He's been doing it for nearly a decade and without my morning coffee, there is a strong chance I would still be enjoying a lie-in that started at the turn of the millennium.

However, there is a now a possibility that divorce could be on the cards after it was revealed that a 29-year-old American man has been arrested for doing the same thing - well, nearly the same thing.

The father-of-one faces up to a year in jail for public indecency after a woman spied him making a break-of-dawn coffee in his own home in nothing but his birthday suit.

The dad told Fox news, "Yes I wasn't wearing any clothes but I was alone, in my own home and just got out of bed. It was dark and I had no idea anyone was outside looking in at me.

"I never had a conversation with anyone, never saw anyone. Didn't cross my mind, came and got coffee. I mean if I stood and seemed comfortable in my kitchen possibly it's natural. It's my kitchen."

And, although my husband always makes his coffee in his boxers, they aren't exactly the acme of high fashion; one pair have been around since before we were married and it's a safe bet that to most eyes they'd be more offensive than his unadorned skin.

I'm not a morning person. Until I drink my morning coffee I look like a wrinkled old elephant. It pains me to open my eyes, let alone open my mouth, before 10am. Desperate times call for desperate measures: I've just ebayed my husband a bathrobe; I fear it's the only thing that can save our marriage.

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# posted by Fuse @ 3:13 AM