pirate4state
02-14-2007, 12:43 AM
WHO SAYS MEN DON'T REMEMBER ANNIVERSARIES?
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> A woman awakes during the night to find
> that her husband was not in their bed.
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> She puts on her robe
> and goes downstairs to look for him.
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> She finds him
> sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of coffee
> in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought,
> just staring at the wall.
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> She watches
> as he wipes a tear from his eye
> and takes a sip of his coffee.
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> "What's the matter, dear?"
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> she whispers as she steps into the room,
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> "Why are you down here at this time of night?"
>
> The husband looks up from his coffee,
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> "I am just remembering when we first
> met 20 years ago and started dating.
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> You were only 16.
> Do you remember back then?" he says solemnly.
>
> The wife is touched to tears thinking that
> her husband is so caring, so sensitive.
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> "Yes, I do" she replies.
>
> The husband pauses.
> The words were not coming easily.
>
> "Do you remember when your father
> caught us in the back seat of my car?"
>
> "Yes, I remember,"
> said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.
>
> The husband continues.
>
> "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?"
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> "I remember that too" she replies softly.
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> He wipes another tear from his cheek and says...
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> "I would have gotten out today."
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>
> 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 of coffee
> in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought,
> just staring at the wall.
>
> She watches
> as he wipes 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,
>
> "I am just remembering when we first
> met 20 years ago and started dating.
>
> You were only 16.
> Do you remember back then?" he says solemnly.
>
> The wife is touched to tears thinking that
> her husband is so caring, so sensitive.
>
> "Yes, I do" she replies.
>
> The husband pauses.
> The words were not coming easily.
>
> "Do you remember when your father
> caught us in the back seat of my car?"
>
> "Yes, I remember,"
> said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.
>
> The husband continues.
>
> "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 replies softly.
>
> He wipes another tear from his cheek and says...
>
> "I would have gotten out today."
>