Honeymoon
She married him today. At the end of the wedding party, her mother gave her a newly opened bank savings passbook, with $1000 deposited in it.
She told her, “My dear daughter, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your married life.
Whenever something happy and memorable happens in your new life, put some money in.
Write down what it’s about next to the amount. The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in.
I’ve done the first one for you today. Do the others with your husband.
When you look back after years, you will know how much happiness you’ve both shared.”
She shared this with him after getting home.
Both of them thought it was a great idea and couldn’t wait to make the next deposit!
This is what the passbook looked like after a while:
- 7 Feb: $100, his first birthday celebration after marriage
- 1 Mar: $300, she gets a salary raise
- 20 Mar: $200, vacation to Bali
- 15 Apr: $2000, She’s pregnant!
- 1 Jun: $1000, He gets the big promotion and so on…
The Fight Begins
However, as the years went by, they began fighting and arguing over trivial things.
They didn’t talk much. They regretted that they had married the most nasty person in the world…There was no more love.
One day she talked to her Mother. “Mom, we can’t stand it anymore. We have decided to divorce. I can’t imagine how I decided to marry this guy!”
Her mother replied, “Sure, that’s no big deal. Just do whatever you want, if you really can’t stand it. But before that, do one thing.
Wedding Passbook
Remember the savings passbook I gave you on your wedding day?