A sailor had been away at sea for months, eagerly awaiting letters from his fiancée. After docking at port, he checked his email inbox, hoping for a message from her. To his surprise, there was nothing—not a single word. Confused and hurt, he tried to brush it off, thinking maybe she was busy.

But as days passed with no response, his worries grew. Had something happened? Had she forgotten him? Maybe she had second thoughts about their relationship. He decided to send another email, asking if everything was alright. Still, nothing.

Frustrated, he called her father to find out what was going on. “Sir,” he said, trying to keep his voice steady, “I’ve been writing to your daughter for weeks, but I haven’t heard from her. Is everything okay?”

Her father sighed, as if expecting the call. “Son,” he said, “I had a long talk with my daughter, and as I expected, there’s a perfectly good explanation for this whole thing.”

The sailor leaned in, eager to hear the answer. “This I’ve got to hear.”

Her father chuckled. “It was the thriestamistake.”

“The what?” the sailor asked, baffled.

“The three-est-a-mistake!” her father repeated.

“Sir, I’m not following…” the sailor said, even more confused.

Her father sighed again. “Son, she never got your email!”

It turned out the sailor had been misspelling her email address all along, and his heartfelt messages were vanishing into cyberspace. A simple typo had nearly cost them their relationship.

Relieved, the sailor quickly corrected his mistake and sent a new email. Within minutes, he received a reply. The misunderstanding was finally over—but not without a good lesson about double-checking your spelling!