A man and woman 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 shoe box 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 dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000.
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 doll.’
Curiously enough I just read this joke myself not too long ago except that it was a man’s chest, wood carvings instead of dolls, and they were carved every time he had an affair. I like your version better 🙂
This made me smile (on a day when I really needed it)! Thanks!
I snagged this from an email I got..It really made me smile.