three couples are sitting down for some evening tea

one of the three men says to his wife “can you pass the sugar, sugar?” the second husband thinks it’s cute how his friend called his wife “sugar” while asking for the sugar. not wanting to be outdone he attempts to one-up his friend by sweetly asking his own wife, “can you pass the honey, honey?” the third man now feels there is an expectation for him to say something cute to his wife. so he clears his throat and asks her” can you pass the tea, bag?”