mature love

An elderly gent was invited to his old friends' home for dinner one

evening. He was impressed by the way his buddy preceded every request to

his wife with endearing terms like: Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart,

Pumpkin, etc. The couple had been married almost 70 years and, clearly,

they were still very much in love.



While the wife was in the kitchen, the man leaned over and said to his host,

"I think it's wonderful that, after all these years, you still

call your wife those loving pet names."



The old man hung his head. "I have to tell you the truth," he said, "I

forgot her name about 10 years ago."