A Perfect 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 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 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 dolls, 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."