For most husbands, their wedding day is a pretty surreal experience. Of course, with all of the work that goes into a wedding, most of the time, I was just thinking about the seamlessly endless tasks I needed to do. By the time it was time to walk down the aisle, I think that’s when it all clicked, “Whoa, I’m getting married!” Different kinds of people react to this revelation in different ways; some are overjoyed while others not so much. The guy in this fictional joke thought he had a plan to smooth over the less convenient martial fine-print when he approached the pastor with a rather unusual request.
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, “I do.”
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.”
