A Wisconsin man underwent surgery Tuesday to have his tongue re-attached after his wife bit it off during a kiss, the Sheboygan Press reported.

The 79-year-old victim called police late Monday night and dispatchers sent an ambulance and officers to his home in Sheboygan, 60 miles north of Milwaukee, despite having trouble understanding what he was saying, the report said.

When officials arrived, the man and his 57-year-old wife were outside singing Christmas carols. The wife reportedly threw a coffee cup at the emergency responders.

Officers with the Sheboygan Police Department said the mans tongue was bitten off when the woman tried to kiss him inside the couples home. The man was missing about half his tongue.

The man asked that his wife not be arrested, but she was taken into custody and charged with domestic violence.