Ninety-four-year-old Mrs. Hatcher showed up at her lawyer's
office one Monday morning. “I want you to begin divorce
proceedings,” she announced.
The lawyer was aghast. When he regained his composure,
he said, “Mrs. Hatcher, you and your husband have been
married for over seventy years. What in the world could have
happened to make you want to get divorced at this stage in
your life?”
Mrs. Hatcher looked him squarely in the eye. She
cleared her throat and said, “We wanted to wait until all the
children were dead.”