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When Guy Ritchie wed Madonna in 2000, he must have known what he was in for - she was never known for her restraint, afterall.

And seven years on, the singer's mischievous sense of humour towards him shows no sign of abating.

Celebrating his 39th birthday at London's fashionable Claridges restaurant, the singer chose to whip out from under the table a present which would have made most husbands turn puce.

Friends of the couple have said that in their marriage they have argued a number of times about who really wears the trousers.

For all his mockney posturings, Guy has always felt slightly inferior about his wife's massive earning power and domineering nature. Madonna on the other hand is said to enjoy occasionally bating him on that point. And this latest birthday gift - a strap-on穿戴式假阳具 — a toy penis worn in a harness - is, it seems, no exception.

What is for sure it that such a gift given to Guy by Madonna can only have been meant to make light of the rows over about who really takes charge in their marriage.

By the way Madonna is carrying the gift - unusually in a transparent bag - as the couple leave the Mayfair hotel and restaurant, one might assume that Guy had refused to be seen leaving with it.

And the singer clearly relished that point as she flashed a broad smile to photographers who she must have known laid in wait since they had followed her earlier from the family home.

Putting a Guy in His Place

By GUY TREBAY

The New York Times

January 17, 2008