Monday, May 05, 2008

Backdating here. Cool story my priest told during sermon like 2 weeks ago.
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A couple were married for 20 years when one day, during dinner, the husband told the wife, "I'm sorry, I've met someone else, and I want a divorce." The wife was shocked, but after a while, she recovered, and said, "Fine, I'll sign the papers, but on one condition. Remember on our wedding day, you carried me into the bedroom, laid me down on the bed, looked into my eyes and told me you loved me? For the next 10 days, I want you to do the same, but in reverse. Every morning, I want you to carry me out of the bedroom and out of the house, put me down, look into my eyes and tell me that you don't love me anymore." The husband replied, "Sure, sounds easy enough."
So the next morning, he went into the bedroom (he had moved into the guest room after making his announcement), carried her (struggling a little; she's gained a little weight in the past 20 years), brought her out of the house, set her right next to the door, said "I don't love you anymore," got into his car and drove off to work. Day 2, he did the same, but had a little less trouble carrying her this time. By the 3rd day, he'd figured out the most comfortable position for the both of them. On day 4, as he was carrying her in his arms, her hair brushed against his face, and he remembered how her hair was one of the first things about her that had attracted him those 20 years ago. On day 5, he noticed her hand resting against his arm, and he remembered all those days she would give him massages when he came home tired from work. On day 6, he started looking at her face, and her lips, and remembered their first kiss, and their last. That day, he could barely say the words "I don't love you anymore," standing there, hesitating, before finally forcing them out and quickly rushing off. Day 7, he couldn't even bring himself to say the words, and just rushed directly to the car after putting her down. On day 8, he found himself standing at the door with her in his arms, and he just couldn't bear to put her down. So he turned around, carried her back into the bedroom, laid her down on the bed, looked into her eyes, and said, "Dear, I'm so sorry, but I love you."
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Incidentally, I didn't think that story was very relevant to the message of his sermon, but well, it is a cool story.

-- tee @ 10:08 pm |