**My Wife Accused Me of Cheating Over Lipstick-Stained Napkins — Then I Found 40 Identical Lipsticks in Her Drawer**

After I got married, I started finding lipstick-stained napkins in my pockets. My wife discovered one and accused me of cheating. I swore I had no idea where it came from.

But it kept happening.

Every few days, another crumpled napkin appeared in my jacket or jeans. Same lipstick shade. Same uncomfortable questions. I wasn’t seeing anyone else, but I couldn’t explain it, and my wife grew more suspicious each time.

For months, those little pieces of paper nearly ruined everything.

One Saturday, I was looking for a bandage in her vanity when I opened the bottom drawer.

Inside were more than 40 lipsticks.

All the same brand. All the same shade as the stains.

I stood there holding one, wondering what on earth was going on.

Then my wife walked in.

When she saw the lipstick in my hand, she started laughing. Apparently, whenever she got ready in a hurry, she used napkins to blot her lipstick and slipped them into my pockets instead of throwing them away. She’d completely forgotten.

I stared at her. “You thought I was cheating because of napkins you put there?”

Her smile disappeared. She apologized for accusing me, and I finally laughed too.

Now she uses the trash can, and I check my pockets before doing laundry.

We’ve never forgotten the forty-lipstick mystery.