A wealthy man died and went to heaven. He was met at the Pearly Gates by Saint Peter, who welcomed him warmly and told him he will be taken to his ‘forever’ heavenly dwelling. He then led him down the streets of gold. They passed castle after fantastic castle, then huge mansion after mansion, and many beautiful cottages, until they came to the end of the street. Saint Peter stopped in front of a little wooden, rickety shack.

“This is it. Welcome Home,” said Saint Peter.

The man was surprised, and said, “Why do I get this ugly thing when there are so many mansions I could live in?”  

“We did the best we could with the money you sent us!” Saint Peter replied.

St Peter’s Catholic Church holds weekly marriage seminars for husbands. At a recent session, the priest asked one local parishioner, Giuseppe, to share some insight into his 50^th wedding anniversary and how he had managed to stay married to the same woman for so long.

Giuseppe proudly addressed the assembled husbands, “Well. I have tried to treat her really nice, you know … spend lots of money on her, but best of all, I took her back to Italy for our 25th anniversary!”

The priest was delighted. “Giuseppe, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here! Please tell us what you are planning for your wife for your 50th anniversary?”

Giuseppe replied, “Well, I thought I’d better go back and get her.”

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