Mark was a man of habit and routine, he would always do things in a specific sequence. He would follow the same schedule without fail, always making sure to do certain tasks before other ones. So it was no surprise when one time mark started to feel stressed out and puzzled, frustrated even!

The problem is with his weight, he would weigh in every morning right before going to work. He is a man of an overweight size, and in the age group which required him to slim down a little for health reasons. He’d been very meticulous in his diet and exercise routine, which created a steady loss to his weight. About one pound every three weeks to be precise, but recently there is a strange occurrence with his current weight!

He would be having a normal decline, but suddenly lose three pounds on certain days. Then he would gain it back the next day, and this would happen for many weeks. It gave him a lot of anxiety and worry about possible diseases, he would consult many doctors and specialists. They suggested keeping track of his eating and other things like that.

Finally when he discussed it with his wife, she suggested maybe it had something to do with his new work schedule. You see his work removed two days in the middle of the week due to some restrictions, and on those days he started to spend just hanging around the house. He thought that was a silly suggestion and failed to see any connection. Because his diet and exercise routines didn’t change.

Puzzled and thinking he was either going crazy or dying, his wife noticed he looks more depressed than usual. She started to check up on his behavior out of worry, and she would notice him checking the scale routines among others. She finally figured out what was happening!

She told him: when he checks the scale on days that he got work, his habit is to do it before he leaves. So he would already be dressed up with uniform and shoes all on, but in these new scheduled days off he would be mostly in his boxers checking the scale at his comfort. This would cause the radical weight changes in his path.

When he heard this, his pride kicked him with a shock. He had a psychological dilemma, admitting that she was right would make him out to be a fool who didn’t notice something so simple. So he denied it and said she doesn’t know what she is talking about, but he did calm down a bit. His wife after many years of being together knows his characteristics, she wasn’t concerned with her pride. She was mostly happy that he calmed down a bit.

After a moment of guilt he decided to give her flowers, and they felt closer than ever. Her observation saved him from having a nervous breakdown, because that same week he was already seeing a lawyer about making a will and even buying plot of land for his funeral. The mysteries in life can be funny sometimes.