A woman wakes up during the night, and her husband isn’t in bed with her. She goes downstairs to look for him and finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a 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 asks: "Why are you down here at this time of night?"

 

The husband looks up from his coffee and says: "Do you remember 20 years ago, when we were dating, and you were only 16?" he asks solemnly.

 

"Yes, I do," she replies.

 

"Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car making love?"

 

"Yes, I remember," says the wife: lowering herself into a chair beside him.

 

"Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun in my face and said: "Either you marry my daughter, or I'll 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."