The husband looks up from his drink, "It's the 20th anniversary of the day we met."

She can't believe he has remembered. She starts to tear up.

The husband continues solemnly, "Do you remember 20 years ago when we started dating? I was 18 and you were only 15."

Once again, the wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so caring and sensitive.

"Yes, I do," she replies.

The husband pauses... the words were not coming easily.

"Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car?"

"Yes, I remember," said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.

The husband continued.

"Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun in my face and said, 'Either you marry my daughter or I will make sure you spend the next 20 years in prison?'"

"I remember that too," she replied softly...

He sighed as he wiped another tear away from his cheek and said, "I would have gotten out today."