Original Blog Entry: Do You Remember ?

ochoop17 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:33:12 GMT

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.

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