[Skipton]

WHO SAYS ....MEN DON'T REMEMBER ANNIVERSARIES?​

A woman awakes 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 sips 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
remembered when we 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, 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 dad 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.’