Men DO remember anniverseries

[RichT]

A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in their bed.

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She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him and 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.

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She watches as he wiped a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.

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"What's the matter, dear?" she whispers as she steps into the room. "Why are you down here at this time of night?"

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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.

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The wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so caring and sensitive. "Yes, I do," she replies.

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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?"

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"Yes, I remember," said his wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.

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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?"

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"I remember that, too," she replied softly.
















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He wiped another tear from his cheek and said ... "I would have gotten out today."



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