Men Rmember Annaversaries ( Archived) (2)

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."