There once was a couple that were planning to get married. Before the wedding took place the woman told the man, "You can never open this shoebox while we are married". So he agreed and they in time got married. Throughout their marriage he never once opened the shoebox but always wondered what was in there. Well, after 62 years of marriage his wife was in the hospital and the doctors told him that she will be passing on soon and it would be a good idea for him to spend as much time with her as possible. So he went to her and said to her, "In 62 years I never once opened the showbox you asked me not to open". She replied "Now would be a good time, go get it.." He brought it back and opened it to find two things: 2 doilies and $250,000 in cash. So he asked, "Why do you have this in here?" She said, "A long time ago my grandmother told me that when you get married, get a shoebox and when you get mad at your husband to make a doily." The husband, stunned, started tearing up because he knew that what that meant was she only got upset with him 2 times in 62 years He went on then to ask "If that's so, what is the deal with the $250,000?" She said....
"That is from all the doilies I sold."
(I was told this story by my husband who had heard it over the radio on a Christian radio station. Talk about "Aesop's Fables" in the 21st Century. haha!)
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