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1、LifeTogether LifeTogetherOnefineday,anoldcouplearoundtheageof70,walkedintothelawyer'soffice.Appearntly,theyweretheretofileadivorce.Thelawyerwasverypuzzled.Afterhavingachatwiththem,hegottheirstory--thecouplehadbeenquarrelingalltheir40yearsofmarriageandno
2、thingeverseemedtogoright.Theyhadhungonsolongbecauseoftheirchildren,afraidthatitmightaffecttheirup-bringing.Now,alltheirchildrenhadgrownup,andhadtheirownfamilies,sotheoldcouplehadnothingtoworryabout.Alltheywantedwastolivetheirownlives,freefromyearsofunhappiness.Sobothag
3、reedonadivorce.Thelawyerwashavingahardtimetryingtogetthepapersdone,becausehecouldn'tunderstandwhy,after40yearsofmarriageandage70,theoldcouplewantedadivorce.Whiletheyweresigningthepapers.thewifetoldthehusband,"Ireallyloveyou,butIreallycan'tcarryonanymore,I'msorry.""It's
4、Okay,Iunderstand,"saidthehusband.Lookingatthis,thelawyersuggestedadinnertogether,justthethreeofthem.Thewifeagreed,whynot,sincetheywillstillgoingtobefriendsanyway.Atthediningtable,therewasanawkwardsilence.Thefirstdishwasroastedchicken.Immediately,theoldmantookadrumstick
5、fortheoldlady."Takethis,it'syourfavorite."Lookingatthis,thelawyerthoughtmaybethere'sstillachance.Butthewifewasfrowningwhensheanswered,"Thisisalwaystheproblem.Youalwaysthinkhighlyofyourself,andneverthinkhowIfeel.Don'tyouknowthatIhatedrumsticks?"Littledidsheknowthat,over
6、theyears,thehusbandhadtriedmanywaystopleaseher.Littledidsheknowthatdrumstickswerethehusband'sfavoritefood.Littledidheknowthatshethoughtheneverunderstoodheratall.Littledidheknowthatshehatesdrumsticks,eventhoughallhewanedwasthebestforher.Thatnight,bothofthemtossedandturn
7、edandcouldn'tsleep.Afterafewhours,theoldmancouldn'ttakeitanymore.Heknewthathestilllovedher,andhecouldn'tcarryonlifewithouther.Hewantedherback,hewantedtotellher,hewassorry,hewantedtotellher"Iloveyou".Hepickedupthephone,anddialedhernumber.Althoughthecallswentunanswered,h
8、eneverstoppeddialing...Ontheothersideofthetown,shewassad.Shecouldn'tunderstoodhowafteralltheseyears,hestilldidn'tunde
