40 years of marriage

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Fri 16 Apr 2010, 9:02:25 | Total posts: 293 | See all posts by perdox | Modified: Fri 7 May 2010, 1:02:24 | Views: 36

After 40 years of marriage, Jimmy decides to leave Katherine.

She starts crying and then asks, ‘How can you do this, Jimmy? How can you just walk out? The first year we were together, you caught pneumonia and almost died! Who sat by your bed and nursed you back to health? Me!’

Jimmy doesn’t say a word. He hangs his head.

‘And when you lost half your family in the terrible car crash,’ Katherine continues, ‘who kept you going and kept your spirits up? Me!’

Not a word out of Jim.

‘And when our kids grew up and ran away from home,’ Katherine says, ‘who sat with you and comforted you? Me!’

Jimmy still has his head down, shuffling his feet.

‘And when you lost everything last year in the fire at the store, who stayed at your side the whole time? Me! How could you leave me, Jimmy? You’ve been through everything with me.’

Finally, Jimmy replies, ‘That’s the problem, Katherine! You’re just fucking bad luck!’