Robin
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A man & 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 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 1 day
> the little old woman got very sick & the doctor said she would not
> recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took
> down the shoebox & 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 2 crocheted dolls & 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 se cret 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."
>
> The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only 2
> precious dolls were in the box. She had been angry with him only 2 times
> in all those years of living & loving. He almost burst with happiness.
>
>
> "Darling," he said, "that explains the dolls, but what about all of this
> money? Where did it come from?"
>
> "Oh," she said, "That's the money I made from selling the dolls."
>
> 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 1 day
> the little old woman got very sick & the doctor said she would not
> recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took
> down the shoebox & 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 2 crocheted dolls & 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 se cret 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."
>
> The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only 2
> precious dolls were in the box. She had been angry with him only 2 times
> in all those years of living & loving. He almost burst with happiness.
>
>
> "Darling," he said, "that explains the dolls, but what about all of this
> money? Where did it come from?"
>
> "Oh," she said, "That's the money I made from selling the dolls."
>