He, being a devoted husband, protested, but she argued & said
she was going to take some aspirin & go to bed & there was no
need for his good time to be spoiled by not going. So he took his costume & away he went.

The wife, after sleeping soundly for about an hour, awoke with no headache and, as it was still early, decided go to the party.

Since her husband didn't know what her costume was, she thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he acted when she was not with him. So she joined the party & soon spotted her husband in his costume, cavorting around on the dance floor, dancing with every nice 'chick' he could, & copping a little feel here & a little kiss there.

His wife went up to him and, being a rather seductive babe
herself, he left his new partner high and dry and devoted his
time to her. She let him go as far as he wished, naturally, since
he was her husband.

After more drinks, he finally whispered a little proposition in her ear & she agreed. So off they went to one of the cars and made passionate love in the back seat.

Just before the unmasking at midnight, she slipped away and went home. She put the costume away and got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation he would make up for his outrageous behavior.

She was sitting up reading when he came in, so she asked what kind of time he had. 'Oh, the same old thing. You know I never have a good time when you're not there.' Then she asked, 'Did you dance
much?'

He replied, 'I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I
met Pete, Bill Brown and some other guys, so we went into the
spare room and played poker all evening.'

'You must have looked really silly wearing that costume playing poker all night!' she said with unashamed sarcasm.

To which the husband replied, 'Actually, I gave my costume to your brother. Apparently he had the time of his life!'