
Bill and Marge met in 1955, married 2 years later, and will celebrate their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary on this New Years Day.
The two often sat at the dining table eating dinner together and reflected on their lives together. Life had been kind to them. Some ups and downs but they stayed together.
He was the proverbial bad guy, from the lower end of the city, and she was the good girl from a well – to – do family, in the upper east side. Marge was immediately smitten with his good looks and charm.
Her father had found out about her interest in him and warned her that he was from the wrong side of the city. A bad seed.” her father would say. “He and his family are simply trouble.”
Like most teenagers, she didn’t listen. She and her friends would find excuses to go to a small diner in midtown every day. Even if it was for a milkshake, just so she could see him. He worked as a busboy and dishwasher there.
She admired him from a distance. Watching him as he cleaned the tables and wiped the sweat from his brow. Her glances did not go unnoticed.
Periodically, he would look up and smile at her. This would make her blush and giggle. Her friends urged her to say hi but she was too shy.
Finally, after months, Bill had the courage to talk to her. See, he was just as shy as he was. He knew what people thought of him and his family.
” Well, I see you watching me every day and I too look forward to seeing your smiling face and those beautiful hazel eyes. I want to know if you want to go to the movies with me on Friday night?”
“I have the night off and saved up extra money to ask you for a date with you, if you will go with me. I usually give my mom all my earnings to help pay the bills so I worked a few extra hours. So, what do you think? Will you want to go with me?”
“Yes. Yes, I will go. I will meet you here, at the diner, at 7 on Friday.” Marge didn’t want her parents, especially her dad, to know she was going on a date with the boy he warned her against.
Friday night came and Marge had told her parents she was having a sleepover at a friend’s house. She lied.
She had her hair up in a ponytail and had her favorite pale blue sweater on along with a knee length gray skirt on.
She thought to herself, this was the first time she would see Bill without her friends around, so she was a little nervous. Was he going to be different?
It took 25 minutes on a bus then another 10 minute walk to the diner. Bill was standing outside waiting. He had a simple white t – shirt on and blue jeans. She remembers how her heart skipped a beat when she saw him standing there.
He looked up and saw her coming. His face lit up. “I am glad you didn’t back out, Marge, from our date. You look beautiful.”
These dates went on for months. Marge would sneak away to see him always telling her parents she was doing something with her friends. She hated not telling her parents the truth. She knew her dad would not understand.
Bill asked her to meet her parents. He wanted them to get to know him. Marge had already met his mom. She stopped by the diner, one day, while they were eating dinner.
Marge felt very comfortable around Bill. She decided to tell him the truth. “My parents do not know about you, Bill. My father would not approve. He had seen me looking at you awhile back and told me you were a bad seed.”
Bill was dazed by what she said. He couldn’t believe that all this time she had been sneaking around behind her parents back.
“Please do not be mad Bill. I didn’t want to disappoint you or my parents. I have fallen in love with you .”
“How can your father think I am a bad seed if he hasn’t even met me? Is it because I live where I live? And I do not have a father who stayed in my life?”
“I do not know. We never talked about it again. My father just wants to keep me safe, I guess.”
Bill stood there in silence. He was lost in deep thoughts. “Marge, I truly have feelings for you but we cannot keep hidden forever. Now that I know, I feel we need to tell your parents. I want them to meet me and have them realize how wrong their thoughts were about me.”
Bill stood there in silence. He was lost in deep thoughts. “Marge, I truly have feelings for you but we cannot keep hidden forever. Now that I know, I feel we need to tell your parents. I want them to meet me and have them realize how wrong their thoughts were about me.”
Eventually her parents grew to love Bill. They met his mother and heard the whole truth about Bill’s dad and why he wasn’t around. “It goes to show that you shouldn’t believe the gossip people spread,” Marge’s dad said over dinner one evening.
Sixty five years later, they stand next to one another, looking out the window. The city is busy with people heading to have dinner with family and friends.
“Marge, I couldn’t imagine spending my life with anyone but you. Thank you for being my wife and accepting that first date with me.”
Bill, my love, I knew from the very start, once you made my heart skip a beat, that you were the one for me. Happy anniversary.”
And so they bring in the New Year together……..once again.
Written By: Angel
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Vocabulary:
proverbial – adjective : stereotypical
well – to – do – adjective: wealthy
bad seed – noun: a person regarded as bad
admired ( someone or something ) from a distance – idiom: attracted to someone without letting him or her know
periodically – adverb: occasionally
courage – noun: strength
date – noun: a social or romantic appointment or engagement
sleepover – noun: spending the night away from home
nervous – adjective: anxious
lit up – idiom: noticeably excited
comfortable – adjective: feeling comfortable or relaxed
sneaking around behind ( someone’s ) back – idiom: being secretive or sneaky
conversation – noun: a conversation between two people, informal
skip a beat – idiom: feeling nervous, excited or anxious
Question ( s ):
Have you ever judged someone by appearance without getting to know that person? If so, were you wrong about them?
Do you know anyone who’s been married as long as Bill and Marge?

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