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Even though they were in their seventies, a couple applied to the court for a divorce. The judge asked the old couple:
“Why do you want to leave after all these years?”
The old woman replied:
“Mr. Judge, to be honest, I never thought of such a thing until a month ago. My wife brought me verbena one day. I love flowers. Verbena is a flower that requires a lot of water, and my husband said that if it is not watered regularly, the flower will wilt. I am someone with bone disorders. Even though I had to wake up every night and water the flower, I realized that not once did my husband wake up at night and water the flower, despite my illness.”
The judge found the woman right, but also asked the man:
“Do you have anything to say?”
The old man replied:
“What my wife told me is true word for word, sir, except for one thing. On the contrary, verbena dies when watered too much. My wife needs to exercise regularly to improve her bone condition. But since my wife didn't do this, I had to make up this lie. He had to get up every night to water the flower so that it wouldn't die.
Every time he woke up, I would already be awake. When my wife finished her work and went to sleep, I would go and drain the water from the flower and even dry the soil with napkins. Then, I would come to bed and love my wife, who was my source of life and whom I loved more than my life, to the fullest...”