Reminiscing
Posted by: JesterA woman awoke in middle of the night and discovered her husband wasn’t in bed with her.
She got up and went downstairs to look for him.
She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a glass of whiskey in front of him. He appeared 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 whiskey.
“What’s the matter, dear?” she asks. “Why are you down here at this time of night?”
The husband looks up from his drink and says, “Do you remember twenty years ago when we were dating, and you were only sixteen?” he asks solemnly.
“Yes, I do,” she replies, fondly recalling her teenage romance.
“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.
The husband continues, “Do you remember when he shoved the gun in my face and said, ‘Either you marry my daughter, or I’ll send you to jail for twenty years’?”
“I remember that, too,” she replies softly.
He wipes another tear from his cheek and says, “I would have gotten out today.”
