The Shoe Box
April 16, 2008 by sugali
A woman’s secret to a happy marriage!!
A man and 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 shoe box 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 the day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would she would not recover.
In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoe box 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 dolls and 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 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 doll.”
The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two precious dolls 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. “Honey,” he said, “that explains the doll, 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.”
Women will love this…- 
Posted in Humour, Life, Love, People | Tagged doll, marriage, money, shoebox, womens' secret | 4 Comments
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Yes, I too liked this story. I enjoyed the gardens, none
have I visited. Frances
Hilarious! A penny saved is a penny earned. This woman really knows how to do business.
You put it well enough. Yes, if every couple do likewise it will become a way of life, but patience, and crochetting while holding down your anger is a difficult one…might work for some though. Thank you for dropping by.
Cheers!
I love that idea! Now if only every couple would keep the peace in the home and get rich in the process we would have a much more stable way of life~ kudos~