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 kept no secrets from each other except that the old woman had a
shoebox in the top of her closet that she 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 shoebox 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.
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"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."
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The little old man was so moved, he had to fight back tears. Only two precious doilies
were 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.Â
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"Honey," he said "that explains the doilies, but what about all of this
money? Where did it come from?"
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"Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the doilies."
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