One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.

This couple had been quarreling all their 40 over years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right.

They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing. Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there's nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.

Lawyer was having a hard time trying to get the papers done, because he felt that after 40 years of marriage at the age of 70, he couldn't understand why the old couple would still wants a divorce.

While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband. “I really love you, but I really can't carry on anymore, I'm sorry.”

"It's OK, I understand." said the husband. Looking at this, the lawyer suggested a dinner together, just three of them, wife thought, why not, since they are still going be friends.

At the dining table, there was a silence of awkwardness.

The first dish was roasted chicken, immediately, the old man took the drumstick for the old lady. "Take this, it's your favorite."

Looking at this, the lawyer thought maybe there's still a chance, but the wife was frowning when she answer. "This is always the problem, you always think so highly of yourself, never thought about how I feel, don't you know that I hate drumsticks?”

Little did she know that, over the years, the husband have been trying all ways to please her, little did she know that drumsticks was the husband's favorite.

Little did he know that she never thought he understand her at all, little did he know that she hates drumsticks even though all he wants is the best for her.

That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn, toss and turn. After hours, the old man couldn't take it anymore, he knows that he still loves her, and he can't carry on life without her, he wants her back, he wants to tell her, he is sorry, he wanted to tell her, "I love you."

He picks up the phone, started dialing her number. Ringing never stops. He never stop dialing.

On the other side, she was sad, she couldn't understand how come after all these years, he still doesn't understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just can't take it any- more. Phone's ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that it's him. "What’s the point of talking now that it's over. I have asked for it and now. I want to keep it this way, if not I will lose face. "She thought. Phone still ringing. She has decided to pull out the cord.

Little did she remember, he had heart problems.

The next day, she received news that he had passed away. She rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone. He had a heart attack when he was still trying to get thru her phone line.

As sad as she could be. She will have to clear his belongings. When she was looking thru the drawers, she saw this insurance policy, dated from the day they got married, beneficiary is her. Together in that file there's this note.

"To my dearest wife, by the time you are reading this, I'm sure I'm no longer around, I bought this policy for you, though the amount is only $100k, I hope it will be able to help me continue my promise that I have made when we got married, I might not be around anymore, I want this amount of money to continue taking care of you, just like the way I will if I could have live longer. I want you to know I will always be around, by your side. I love you."

Tears flowed like river.

在一個(gè)晴朗的天氣里，有一對(duì)七十余歲的老夫婦走進(jìn)了律師事物所里面。很顯然，他們到這里來(lái)是為了辦理離婚手續(xù)。在跟他們寒暄了幾句后，這兩位的‘戲劇性’經(jīng)歷讓負(fù)責(zé)辦理事務(wù)的律師們很是茫然、舉手無(wú)措。

這兩位在婚后的四十年里面一直爭(zhēng)吵不停，兩人之間好象一切都是那么不和諧、不自然。

由于擔(dān)心離婚后也許會(huì)對(duì)孩子們有不利影響，兩個(gè)人就繼續(xù)呆在一起，繼續(xù)湊合著。事到如今，孩子們都已長(zhǎng)大成年，與自己分家獨(dú)過(guò)，這樣對(duì)老兩口來(lái)說(shuō)已沒(méi)有什么后顧之憂了。經(jīng)歷了這么多年不快的婚姻生活，兩人現(xiàn)在都只是想要分手離開(kāi)，尋找自己的生活。

一紙離書讓律師倒犯起難來(lái)。眼前兩個(gè)人都70歲上下有著40多年的婚姻史，自己弄不明白為什么這兩人還要爭(zhēng)著離婚呢？

當(dāng)他們忙碌著簽定離婚書時(shí)，老太太告訴老頭子說(shuō)：“我啊，心里還有著你，只是受不了跟你一起生活下去了，我也沒(méi)有招啊?！?/P>

老頭子接話說(shuō)：“誒啊，沒(méi)啥，我也明白?！毖垡?jiàn)著這老兩口說(shuō)著話，律師提議仨人一起去吃頓便飯。老太太想了想，‘買賣不成仁義在’，自己干嗎不去呢？

大家圍坐一起吃的時(shí)候呢，桌面上到是多了那么點(diǎn)尷尬味道。

第一道菜是烤雞，菜剛上桌，馬上老頭一邊夾了個(gè)雞腿給老太太一邊嘴里說(shuō)著“來(lái)，平常你最愛(ài)吃這個(gè)?！?/P>

律師眼看著老頭一舉一動(dòng)，心想這老兩口可能還有復(fù)合的可能。哪知道一旁老太太不干了，眼眉挑了起來(lái)。

嘴里頭念叨“你看你，我最煩你這樣，你總是想干啥干啥，從來(lái)不問(wèn)別人，你不知道我不愛(ài)吃這玩意么？”

老太太哪里知道，這么多年走過(guò)來(lái)，老頭一直花心思想讓老伴心里頭暖和，也不知道其實(shí)老頭嘴最喜歡的就是這雞腿。

老頭哪里知道一直以來(lái)老太太看不上自己所做的事，也不知道自己最愛(ài)吃的東西夾給老伴后反倒會(huì)讓她不高興。

那天晚上這倆人都覺(jué)得心里不塌實(shí)，在床上翻來(lái)復(fù)去。許久過(guò)后，老頭心里癢癢，他明白自己心里還是惦記著老伴，自己這輩子沒(méi)她不行，他得跟老伴重歸于好，他得讓老太太知道自己‘老頭疼她’的想法。

老頭拿起了話筒，開(kāi)始撥老伴的號(hào)碼，電話那邊一直在響，老頭也一直在撥號(hào)。

另一邊呢，老太太心里也不好受，她也想不明白這么多年過(guò)去了，老頭雜還不明白自己的心思呢。她心里也疼老伴，但是她就是跟老頭過(guò)不下去了。電話零聲響個(gè)不停，她知道是老頭打過(guò)來(lái)地，可是就沒(méi)去接聽(tīng)，因?yàn)椴恢滥闷饋?lái)時(shí)候跟老頭說(shuō)些啥好呢?！岸歼^(guò)去了，我本來(lái)就想這么辦的，現(xiàn)在我就該一直這么做下去，不然太丟老臉了?！?/P>

老太太這樣固執(zhí)著卻忘了老頭心臟不太好。

第二天時(shí)候，老太太聽(tīng)到信了，老頭昨天夜里過(guò)世了。她急沖沖趕了過(guò)去，看到老頭臨走時(shí)趟在沙發(fā)上，手里還握著電話。一定是在給她撥電話號(hào)碼的時(shí)候，老頭心臟病犯了。

老太太內(nèi)心十分悲傷。她得為老頭收拾身后事。當(dāng)她打開(kāi)老頭的抽屜時(shí)，她看到了老頭留下的保險(xiǎn)單，那是在他們結(jié)婚時(shí)簽的，受益人是她。而且在保險(xiǎn)單中夾著一張便條。

“留給我最最親愛(ài)的老伴，當(dāng)你讀到這張字條的時(shí)候，我相信我已不在人世了。我給你買了這份保險(xiǎn)，雖然只有十萬(wàn)元錢，我希望它能幫我完成當(dāng)初我娶你的時(shí)候許下的承諾。我也許不在了，我希望能夠用這些錢照顧你，就如同我還活著那般照顧你。我想讓你知道我會(huì)一直在你身邊。我愛(ài)著你......”

當(dāng)老太太讀到這的時(shí)候，忍不住，淚水絕堤不已。