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, "Yes."
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."
