DEAR ABBY: My husband's former wife, Velma, with whom we have remained on fairly good terms, invited us to her home for a party. She is now married to a very well-to-do man.
Velma told me it was going to be a costume party, so my husband and I dressed up like a couple of rabbits.
Imagine our surprise when the butler opened the door and ushered us into a room filled with men in tuxedos and women in stunning gowns! We felt like a couple of fools. Velma laughed and said she thought it was funny. I was very upset to have been made the butt of her joke, so I got myself a glass of punch and spilled it on her gown. Then I laughed and told her I thought it was funny. However, she didn't see anything funny about it.
My husband isn't speaking to me, and he thinks I owe Velma an apology. What should I do? -- A WIFE IN NEED
DEAR WIFE: Send Velma a bunch of carrots, and tell her you're sorry.