Men do remember anniversaries

[Mark CSL]

> >>>> A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in
> >>>> their bed.
> >>>>
> >>>> She puts on her dressing gown 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 been released today.'