The Secret to a Long Marriage

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In a large staff meeting today at work, a co-worker casually mentioned that it was his 40th wedding anniversary, and the boss called him up in front of everyone to not only congratulate him, but ask him how he was able to do it. He pondered the question for a minute, and then responded, "Dancing!" He then walked over to where a few younger employees were sitting, and addressing them, he said, "The secret to a long, lasting marriage is dancing. Make a point to dance as much as you can!" Then, walking down the aisle, he continued, "In the 40 years we have been married, my wife and I have never missed a week where we didn't go dancing. Every single week, for 40 years, we went dancing. In fact, we went dancing twice a week!" The audience was captivated, as he continued. "Week in and week out, without fail, we'd always go dancing on Tuesdays and Fridays." He stopped and paused for a minute, as his focused his gaze off in the distance, clearly reminiscing over the past four decades. Then he continued in a serious tone, "Yep, we'd go dancing every Tuesday and Friday. Her on Tuesdays, me on Fridays!" He then sat down. After a few seconds of people trying to absorb and make sense of what had just happened, the crowd burst out laughing! He really had us good on that one, and caught us by surprise at the end with the punchline to his joke!