A very old couple is celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary with a fancy supper.
“Dear, I have a question for you,” the elderly guy says softly to his wife as he leans forward.
The fact that our tenth child never quite looked like the others has always concerned me.
Your response cannot take away from the fact that these seventy-five years have been the most amazing experience I could have ever imagined.
However, I have to ask: did he have a father of his own? The wife pauses for a moment before confessing, unable to face her husband in the eye.
Indeed. Indeed, he did. The old guy is extremely rattled; the truth of what his wife was confessing to him struck him more forcefully than he had anticipated.
Once more, the elderly woman droops her head, initially remaining silent as she tries to find the strength to tell her husband the truth.
He asks with a tear in his eye, “Who? Who was he? Who was the father?
Once more, the elderly woman droops her head, initially remaining silent as she tries to find the strength to tell her husband the truth.
Finally, she adds, “You.”
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