
During
the wedding rehearsal, the groom approached the pastor with an
unusual offer.
"Look,
I'll give you $100 if you'll change the wedding vows. When you get
to me and the part where I'm to promise to 'love, honor and obey'
and
'forsaking all others, be faithful to her forever,' I'd appreciate
it if you'd just leave that part out." He passed the minister
a $100 bill and walked away satisfied.
It is
now the day of the wedding, and the bride and groom have moved to
that part of the ceremony where the vows are exchanged. When it
comes time for the groom's vows, the pastor looks the young man
in the eye and says:
"Will
you promise to prostrate yourself before her, obey her every command
and wish, serve her breakfast in bed every morning of your life
and swear eternally before God and your lovely wife that you will
not ever even look at another woman, as long as you both shall live?"
The
groom gulped and looked around, and said in a tiny voice, "Yes."
The
groom leaned toward the pastor and hissed, "I thought we had
a deal."
The
pastor put the $100 bill into his hand and whispered back, "She
made
me a much better offer." |