When Tom and Grace first got married, Tom said," I am
putting a box under the bed. You must promise to never look in
it."
In all their 30 years of marriage, Grace never looked. However, on the
afternoon of their 30th anniversary, curiosity got the best of her.
She lifted the lid and peeked inside. In the box were three empty beer cans and
$1,874.25 in cash. She closed the box and put it back under the bed. Now
that she knew what was in the box, she was doubly curious as to why.
That evening they went out for a special dinner. After dinner Grace could no
longer contain her curiosity and she confessed: "I am so sorry. For all these
years I kept my promise and never looked into the box under our bed; however,
today the temptation was too much and I gave in. But now I need to know: Why
do you keep the cans in the box?
Tom thought for a while and said, "I guess after all these years you deserve to
know the truth. Whenever I was unfaithful to you, I put an empty beer can in
the box under the bed to remind myself not to do it again."
Grace was shocked, but said, "I am very disappointed and saddened, but I guess
after all those years away from home on the road, temptation does happen, and I
guess that three times is not that bad considering the years."
They hugged and made their peace.
A little while later, Grace asked Tom, "So why do you have all that money in
the box?"
Tom answered, "Well, whenever the box was filled up with empty cans, I took them
to the recycling centre and redeemed them for cash."
