When my wife and I were married, at age thirty-three, she asked if I'd love her forever.

"Well, 'forever' is a long time, and personalities change. Tell you what: I'll put you on probation. You've got seventy years to prove yourself; if you're still okay at the end of that time, I'll keep you forever; if not, out you go!"

I have to say, she'd been doing so well for the last thirty-seven years that I recently canceled the probation and gave her that "forever" commitment. Big of me, eh?

Dave Oesterreich