This was posted by TheDeacon (aka Eric Loy) on alt.callahans.
My cousin is in a bad spot. He’s got a bad inner ear problem that needs surgery soon, or he’ll lose his hearing on that side. He has no insurance, though, and the cost is WAY too much for him.
He does have a way out, though. A local elderly widow has offered to pay for the operation — but only if he’ll marry her, afterwards! She’s 50 years older than him!
You could call it a wife or deaf situation….