Who Says Men Don't Remember Anniversaries?

[Jirouu]

WHO SAYS MEN DON'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 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 asks solemnly.

The wife is almost reduced to tears herself, just

thinking how caring and sensitive her husband is.

'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 that 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 hi s cheek and says...

'I would have gotten out today.'