MEN DO REMEMBER ANNIVERSARIES..... a joke

[goldengreek]

A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was 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 wiped a tear from his eye and takes a sip of 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 is coffee, "Do you remember 20 years ago
when we were! dating , and you were only 16?" he asks solemnly.
The wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so caring
and sensitive. "Yes I do," she replies.
The husband paused. The words were not coming easily. "Do you
remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car
making love?"

"Yes, I remember," said the wife, lowering herself into a chair
beside him.
The husband continued. "Do you remember when he shoved the 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 replied softly.

He wiped another tear from his cheek and said......"I would have
gotten out today."