Who Says Men Can't Remember Anniversaries?
A woman awakes during the night to find that her
husband was not in their bed. She puts on her robe
and goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the
kitchen table with a hot cup coffee in front of him.
He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She
watches as he wiped a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his
coffee.
"What's the matter, dear?", she whispers as she
steps into the room, "Why are you down here at this
time of night?".
The husband looks up from his coffee, "Do you
remember 20 years ago when we were dating, and you
were only 16?" he asks solemnly.
The wife is touched to tears thinking that her
husband is so caring and sensitive. "Yes I do! " she replies.
The husband paused. The words were not coming easily.
"Do you remember when your father caught us
in the back seat of my car making love?"
"Yes, I remember" said the wife, lowering herself
into a chair beside him.
The husband continued......."Do you remember when
he shoved the shotgun in my face and said, 'Either
you marry my daughter, or I will send you to jail
for 20 years?'"
"I remember that too" she replied softly.
He wiped another tear from his cheek and said......
"I would have gotten out today."
