When Bill and Hillary first got married, Bill said, "I am
putting a box under our bed. You must promise never to look
in it." In all their 30 years of marriage, Hillary never
looked. However, on the afternoon of their 30th anniversary,
curiosity got the better of her and she lifted the lid and
peeked inside. In the box there were 3 empty beer cans and
$1,874.25 in cash.
After dinner, Hillary could no longer contain her guilt and
she confessed, saying, "I am so sorry. For all these years
I kept my promise and never looked in 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 empty cans in
the box?"
Bill thought for a while and said, "I guess that 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."
Hillary 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 3 times
is not that bad considering the number of years we've been
together."
They hugged and made their peace. A little while later,
Hillary asked Bill, "So why do you have all that money in
the box?"
Bill answered, "Well, whenever the box filled up with empty
cans, I took them to the recycling center and redeemed them
for cash."
