A woman wakes up in the middle of the night to discover that her husband is not in bed. She assumes he’s planning a surprise for her because it’s their 20th wedding anniversary today, so she puts on her robe and heads downstairs to look for him. She discovers him at the kitchen table, holding a cup of hot chocolate. He appears to be lost in contemplation, staring at the wall. She notices him wiping away a tear from his eye.

“What’s the matter, my dear?” “You haven’t been sitting here all night, have you!?” she says as she enters the room.”It’s the 20th anniversary of the day we met,” the husband says, looking up from his glass. She can’t believe he remembered and begins to cry. “Do you remember when we first started dating 20 years ago?” the spouse asks. “I was 18 at the time, and you were only 15,” he stated seriously.

Again, the woman is moved to tears by her husband’s compassion and sensitivity.”Yes, I do,” she says. The hubby takes a breather… The words were difficult to come by.”Do you remember when your father caught us in the backseat of my car?” “Yes, I remember,” the wife answered as she lowered herself into a chair near him. “Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun in my face and said, Either marry my daughter or I will make sure you spend the next 20 years in prison?” the husband said.

“I remember that, too,” she said gently…He sighed and wiped another tear from his cheek, saying, “I would have gotten out today.” We’re sure they both laughed it off, and their friendship grew even stronger as a result! At the very least, they remembered their anniversary, right?