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From: VCMOM
Date: 10-01-2003, 06:10 PM (1 of 5)
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This a story from Rosies Calico Cupboards Newsletter that I think you'll find interesting.... A Happy Marriage 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 suitbox 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 suitbox 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 a partially finished quilt and a stack of money totaling $25,000. 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 make a quilt." The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only one partially completed quilt was in the box. She had only been angry with him once in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness. "Honey," he said "that explains the quilts, but what about all of this money? Where did it come from?" "Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the quilts." |
User: VCMOM
Member since: 10-31-2002 Total posts: 74 |
From: chiloGod
Date: 10-01-2003, 07:02 PM (2 of 5)
| That's a funny story LOL! |
User: chiloGod
Member since: 08-19-2003 Total posts: 65 
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From: maps
Date: 10-02-2003, 06:18 AM (3 of 5)
 oh my gosh!!! too funny, never heard that one, excellent!!!
Marge
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User: maps
Member since: 06-18-2003 Total posts: 152 
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From: plrlegal
Date: 10-02-2003, 03:32 PM (4 of 5)
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Pick your battles wisely! Makes for a long and happy life ladies. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: MaryW
Date: 10-07-2003, 08:18 AM (5 of 5)
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I'll second that! Half the stuff we used to argue about was such trivial nonsense, I can't believe we pursued it. MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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