Marriage Passbook

Received this inspired story from Kevin. Thanks bud. Worth a read.

Marriage Passbook

Jocelyn
married William this day. At the end of the wedding party, Jocelyn's
mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook. With $1000
deposit amount.

Mother: 'Jocelyn, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your
marriage life. When there's something happy and memorable happened in
your new life, put some money in.
Write down
what it's about next to the line. The more memorable the event is, the

more money you can put in. I've done the first one for you today. Do
the others with William.
When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've

had.'

Jocelyn shared this with William when getting home. They both thought
it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit
can be made.

This was what they did after certain time:

- 7 Feb: $100, first birthday celebration for William after marriage
- 1 Mar: $300, salary raise for Jocelyn
- 20 Mar: $200, vacation trip to Bali
- 15 Apr: $2000, Jocelyn got pregnant
- 1 Jun: $1000, William got promoted
.
.
.
.
..... and so on...

However,
after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things.
They didn't talk much. They regretted that they had married the most
nasty people in the world.... no more love...
Kind of typical nowadays, huh?

One day Jocelyn talked to her Mother:

'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We agree to divorce. I can't imagine
how I decided to marry this guy!!!'

Mother:
'Sure, girl, that's no big deal. Just do whatever you want if you
really can't stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember
the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day?
Take out all money and spend it first. You shouldn't keep any record
of such a poor marriage.'

Jocelyn thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the
queue and planning to cancel the account.

While
she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record.
She looked,
and looked, and looked. Then the memory of all the previous joy and
happiness just came up her mind. Her eyes were then filled with tears.
She left and went home.

When she was home, she handed the passbook to William, asked him to
spend the money before getting divorce.

The
next day, William gave the passbook back to Jocelyn. She found a new
deposit of $5000. And a line next to the record: 'This is the day I
notice how much I've loved you thru out all these years. How much
happiness you've brought me.'

They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.

Do
you know how much money they had saved when they retired? I did not
ask. I believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone
thru all the good years in their life.