love is hard work

[lummox]

On the Loneliest Road in America grows a stand of cottonwood trees from which hang hundreds of shoes. The first pair of shoes was thrown into the branches about 20 years ago. It seems that a couple who had just gotten married in Reno stopped to camp under the cottonwood. The husband was angry with his bride for having blown their money in the slot machines. He said it was her fault they didn't have any money.

 

The young wife grew annoyed with the henpecking and threatened to walk back to Utah. The groom told her that if she was walking back to Utah she was going to walk in her bare feet and threw her shoes into the tree. He left his wife standing there and drove to the bar for a beer.

 

He sat and drank for two or three hours. The bartender told him 'With an attitude like that, you'll be fighting for the rest of your lives. Go back there and tell her it was all your fault.'

 

The man did as he was told. The couple patched things up and the groom threw his own shoes into the tree as a sign of solidarity. A year later the couple returned with their baby and threw his shoes into the tree as well.

 

Love is hard work. Love is the hardest thing ever done.

 

 

[mostly from nytimes]

Edited May 18, 2004 by lummox

[Greg_W]

Ain't that the truth, brother.

[olyclimber]

Brought to you by Hallmark.

[lummox]

Brought to you by Hallmark.

 

i snagged it from nytimes. edited a lot.

[catbirdseat]

AlpineK, wouldn't you call that "tree pollution" or "tree littering"?

[Dru]

Dude that tree sounds like the town of Spectre!!!!!

[thelawgoddess]

Dude that tree sounds like the town of Spectre!!!!!

 

that's exactly what i thought! nice little story there ...