On their 40th wedding anniversary and during the b...

On their 40th wedding anniversary and during the banquet celebrating it, Tom was asked to give his friends a brief account of the benefits of a marriage of such long duration."Tell us Tom, just what is it you have learned from all those wonderful years with your wife?"Tom responds, "Well, I`ve learned that marriage is the best teacher of all. It teaches you loyalty, forbearance, meekness, self-restraint, forgiveness --and a great many other qualities you wouldn`t have needed if you`d stayed single."