A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in their bed.
She puts on her dressing gown 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 deep in thought....just staring blankly at the wall.
She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes another sip of coffee.
"What on earth is the matter, dearest?" she whispers as she steps into the kitchen,
"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 25 years ago and started dating....you were only sweet 16...do you remember back then?" he says solemnly.
The wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is sooo caring,..sooo sensitive.
"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 VW beetle?"...and I had just managed to put my right foot through the fixed rear left side window?"
"Yes, I do remember dearest!" she said supportively, lowering herself into a chair close to him....
The husband continues..."Do you remember when he shoved that double barrel shotgun up my left nostril and said menacingly,
"Either you marry my daughter, or I will make sure 'they' send you to Jail for 25 years?"....
"Why yes dearest..I remember that tooo"..she whispered softly...
He wipes another tear from his cheek and says......
"I would have been bloooody released today!".........
<Sorry Gals>..Hoo Roo
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