I received this from a friend…

[luvmnms]

How to Stay Married

 

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 shoebox 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 shoebox 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 $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 crochet a doll."

 

The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two precious crocheted 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."

[Yelutci]

Hmmm-Good plan. Now what can I do instead of dolls?

[blackpurl]

love it!!! just think how much I could have earned over the past 25 years if I had known what to do!

[shortylam]

Modern twist to the story: instead of crocheting a doll, you should crochet an arugumi (sp?) and sell the pattern on etsy or ebay

[SDmom]

That is good!

[craftconnie1]

great idea.....wish I had heard it thirty five years ago; I'd be a VERY rich woman today lol

[InStitches]

How funny and cute! Thanks for sharing!

[Nutsaboutcrochet13]

that's a good one!

[auntbubbels]

Very funny!!!!

[NoLooseEnds]

That is hilarious! I love it!

 

[angelfire]

I read this aloud to my Dh and he loved it as much as I did and wanted to know when I was going to start crocheting dolls...told him that I have been doing them for months...

[Lisaizme]

I've heard that anecdote before.. only it was doilies instead of dolls.

[pplcrochets]

Love it - and I could definitely go the doily route....

[caitlinsmom]

How rich would we all be? Too funny.

[Momcrochets]

That's cute! Hey, I have one UFO that needs some ribbons, and then I get to pick from my list of what's next....I wonder how often I could get a doll done in between?! Actually, DH is great...and football season is wonderful...look at all that hook time!!

[moonspinners]

Great story!