{"id":17414,"date":"2017-06-02T09:19:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T08:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/?p=17414"},"modified":"2017-06-03T06:31:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T05:31:33","slug":"4-husbands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/4-husbands\/","title":{"rendered":"FOUR Husbands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The local news station was interviewing an 80-year-old lady because she had just gotten married for the fourth time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The interviewer asked her questions about her life,<span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0about what it felt like to be marrying again at 80, and then about her new husband\u2019s occupation. \u201dHe\u2019s a funeral director,\u201d she answered.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u201d<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Interesting,\u201d the newsman thought.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He then asked her if she wouldn\u2019t mind telling him a little about her first three husbands and what they did for a living.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She paused for a few moments, needing time to reflect on all those years. After a short time, a smile came to her face and she answered proudly, explaining that she had first married a banker<span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0<\/span>when she was in her 20\u2032s, then a circus ringmaster when in her 40\u2032s, and a preacher when in her 60\u2032s, and now \u2013 in her 80\u2032s \u2013 a funeral director.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The interviewer looked at her, quite astonished, and asked why she had married four men with such diverse careers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">(Wait for it)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>She smiled and explained<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image0022tant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17415\" src=\"https:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image0022tant.jpg\" alt=\"image0022tant\" width=\"324\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image0022tant.jpg 324w, https:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image0022tant-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8221;I married one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">(Oh, just hush-up and send this one on to somebody who needs a laugh.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>A nice contribution from Paul in Provence<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The local news station was interviewing an 80-year-old lady because she had just gotten married for the fourth time. The interviewer asked her questions about her life,\u00a0about what it felt like to be marrying again at 80, and then about her new husband\u2019s occupation. \u201dHe\u2019s a funeral director,\u201d she answered. \u201dInteresting,\u201d the newsman thought. 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