outatime
08-13-2002, 03:46 PM
> Doilies!
>
>
> There was once a man and woman who had been married for more than 60
years.
> They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had
kept
> no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a
shoebox
in
>
> the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open
or
> ask
> her about. For all of these years, he had never thought about the box,
but
> one day, the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she
would
> not
> recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took
down
> the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed that it was
time
> that he should know what was in the box. When he opened it, he found
two
> crocheted doilies and a stack of money totaling $25,000. He asked her
about
> the contents. When we were to be married," she said, "my grandmother
told
me
>
> the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if
I
> ever
> got angry with you I should just keep quiet and crochet a doily." The
little
>
> old man was so moved, he had to fight back tears. Only two precious
doilies
> in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those
years
of
>
> living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.
> Honey," he said, "that explains the doilies, but what about all of
this
> money? Where did it come from?"
> Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the doilies."
>
>
> There was once a man and woman who had been married for more than 60
years.
> They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had
kept
> no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a
shoebox
in
>
> the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open
or
> ask
> her about. For all of these years, he had never thought about the box,
but
> one day, the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she
would
> not
> recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took
down
> the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed that it was
time
> that he should know what was in the box. When he opened it, he found
two
> crocheted doilies and a stack of money totaling $25,000. He asked her
about
> the contents. When we were to be married," she said, "my grandmother
told
me
>
> the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if
I
> ever
> got angry with you I should just keep quiet and crochet a doily." The
little
>
> old man was so moved, he had to fight back tears. Only two precious
doilies
> in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those
years
of
>
> living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.
> Honey," he said, "that explains the doilies, but what about all of
this
> money? Where did it come from?"
> Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the doilies."