[Big Lake Blondie]

[SIZE=5]Who Says Men Don't Remember Anniversaries?[/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]A woman awakens during the night to find that her husband is not in their bed. [/SIZE][SIZE=4]She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to [/SIZE][SIZE=4]look for him. [/SIZE][SIZE=4]She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of coffee in front of him. [/SIZE][SIZE=4]He appears to be in deep [/SIZE][SIZE=4]thought, just staring[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]at the wall[/SIZE]. [SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee. [/SIZE][SIZE=4]"What's the matter, dear?" she whispers as she steps into the room,[/SIZE][SIZE=4]"Why are you down here at this time of night?" [/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]The husband looks up from his coffee, "I am just[/SIZE][SIZE=4] remembering when we first met 20 years ago and started dating. [/SIZE][SIZE=4]You were only 16. Do you remember back then?" he asks solemnly.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]The wife is almost reduced to tears herself, just thinking how caring and sensitive her husband is. "Yes, I do" she replies. [/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]The husband [/SIZE][SIZE=4]pauses. The words were not coming easily. [/SIZE][SIZE=4]"Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car?" [/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]“Yes, I remember," said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him. [/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]The husband continues. "Do you remember when he shoved that shotgun in my face and said,[/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]"Either you marry my daughter, or I will send you to jail for 20 years?" [/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]"I remember that, too" she replies softly. [/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]He wipes another tear from his cheek and says...[/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4][/SIZE][SIZE=4]"I would have gotten out today."[/SIZE]