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WHO SAYS MEN DON'T REMEMBER ANNIVERSARIES???

A woman awakens during the night to find that her husband

is 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 his cheek and says...

"I would have gotten out today."