Kesuvos 62b § 3+

Akiva Returns Briefly

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When he returned he brought 12,000 students with him.
As he approached his home, he heard a certain old man...

Old Man	Until when would you live a life of living widdowhood?
Akiva's Wife	If he would listen to me, he would sit in the academy another 12 years.
Akiva	(to himself) I am acting with my wife's permission.

He went back and sat another 12 years in the academy.