Dont feel to bad, I was sharping a knife while sitting in my chair (my 9year old daughter told me I was to do it at the table) and put an almost 2 inch gash in my leg. And like your wife mine was quick to have pitty. ( shook her head and told my to stop bleading on the floor)
Thank god for rubbibg alcohol and duct tape, but on the bright side I have a neet new scar to show off.