This is an entry in the #fiftywords story challenge by @miniature-tiger. The current theme is "time".
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The story is exactly 50 words long.
He spent their life savings on a broken watch. His wife scalded him for both spending their money and wasting his time trying to fix it.
“Watch me repair it - I’m saving time,” he said, laughing at his wit.
His wife - sick of bad jokes, and no money - left him.