silent treatment

A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving
each other the silent treatment.

The next week, the man realized that he
would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning
business  
flight to  Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence
(AND
LOSE),
he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM."

The next morning the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM
and that  he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see
why
his wife  hadn't woken him when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed.

The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up."