Even at the age of 75, Thelma was very vivacious and full of life. When her husband passed away, her children suggested that she move to a "senior living community." A gregarious and life-loving person, Thelma decided to do so.
Shortly after moving in, Thelma became a self-appointed activities director, coordinating all sorts of things for the people in the community to do and quickly became very popular and made many friends.
When Thelma turned 80, her newfound friends showed their appreciation by throwing a surprise birthday party for her. When Thelma entered the dining room for dinner that night, she was greeted by a standing ovation and one of the coordinators led her to the head table. The night was filled with laughter and entertainment, but throughout the evening, Thelma could not take her eyes off a gentleman sitting at the other end of the table.
When the festivities ended, Thelma quickly rose from her seat and rushed over to the man. "Pardon me," Thelma said. "Please forgive me if I made you feel uncomfortable by staring at you all night. I just couldn’t help myself from looking your way. You see, you look just like my fifth husband."
"Your fifth husband!" replied the gentleman. "Forgive me for asking, but how many times have you been married?"
With that, a smile came across Thelma’s face as she responded, "Four."
They were married shortly after.
即使在75的時(shí)候，西爾瑪仍然過(guò)著快樂(lè)充實(shí)的生活。丈夫去世以后，她的孩子建議她搬到“老年人生活小區(qū)”去住。喜歡交友熱愛(ài)生活的西爾瑪就決定搬到那里去住。
搬過(guò)去不久，西爾瑪就成為了活動(dòng)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，她參與為社區(qū)人們做的一切活動(dòng)，并很快被大家所喜歡，交了很多朋友。當(dāng)西爾瑪80歲的時(shí)候，她的一些新朋友為她舉辦了一個(gè)生日晚會(huì)來(lái)表達(dá)對(duì)她的喜愛(ài)。那晚，當(dāng)她來(lái)到晚宴大廳的時(shí)候，大家都站起來(lái)歡呼著向她致意，其中有一個(gè)人把她帶到首席。那晚充滿了笑聲和歡樂(lè)，但是整個(gè)晚會(huì)上，西爾瑪?shù)难凵穸紱](méi)有離開(kāi)一個(gè)坐在另一頭的紳士身上。
當(dāng)慶祝結(jié)束的時(shí)候，西爾瑪迅速地離開(kāi)座位沖到那個(gè)男士面前：“對(duì)不起，請(qǐng)?jiān)弰偛盼乙恢蹦菢佣⒅阕屇愀械讲话病Ｎ抑皇强刂撇蛔∽约喝タ茨恪Ｄ憧矗汩L(zhǎng)的就像我第五個(gè)丈夫一樣。”
“你第五個(gè)丈夫!”這個(gè)男士驚訝地說(shuō)，“請(qǐng)?jiān)徫也欢Y貌的問(wèn)題，但是你結(jié)了幾次婚啊?”
這時(shí)，西爾瑪臉上露出笑容，回答到：“四次”。
不久，他們就結(jié)婚了。
