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Aren\u2019t you going to say something?\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s there to say?\u201d Linda replied. \u201cApparently, your father needs several million dollars to find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funny"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Her Husband Wanted a Trophy Wife\u2014Then He Saw the Entry Fee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At a family barbecue, Linda\u2019s husband, Tom, sucked in his stomach and announced, \u201cIf I ever win the lottery, I\u2019m getting myself a trophy wife.\u201d Linda\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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