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How I Did Sixty Years of Marriage

How I did Sixty Years of Marriage
 
“How long have you been married?” people often ask.
“And what made it last?"

My next door neighbor sent me a tweet:
“It must have been easy 'cause you can't hear each other speak.”

There are a couple of secrets that you should hear
My family and hers were friends for years.

When we first met I liked her a lot
Were told we played in the same sand box.

Family social  photos appeared on same page 
“Society Matrons and children of young age.”

I grew up with  her brother
And we both liked each other.

As kids we collected bottles for two cents
And bought ice cream with money well spent.

We both joined the same college fraternity
And pledged to be brothers from here to eternity.

His career after college brought him great fame
Became a neurosurgeon of the brain.

His young sister, my future wife
Went to Smith for her college life.

Only two hours away, yet never asked for a date
But she fixed me up anyway with her roommates.

Thought I would be drafted after graduation
So I joined the Navy to help save our nation.

On New Years Eve came a quirk of fate
Call from her brother said his sister had no date.

A tradition at midnight -date sits on your lap
Lights turned off and try not to get slapped.

Only a minute went bye
When she let out a large cry.
 
 I said "What are you fearing?"
“Turn on the light,  have lost my earring!”

Well it broke up the party as we searched and we groaned
Found nothing so we all went home.

Six months later, I picked up my Sport Coat 
 “Found this earring in breast pocket” was a note.

I immediately gave her a call
She laughed and said would see me that Fall

Well we started dating and got married next Spring
All because of that beautiful earring.

We now have great joy
That we raised three handsome and intelligent boys.

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