20 Years

Subject: Twenty Years

Date: Friday, 11 2005 21:51:18 EST

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 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 is 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!!!"

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