Four college girlfriends were sitting in their dorm room on graduation night, laughing, eating pizza, and talking about their future married lives.<\/p>\n
Lisa grinned and said,<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter college, I want a rich husband who buys me diamonds every month.\u201d<\/p>\n
Megan laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care about diamonds. I just want a husband who gives me attention every night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sophie winked and said,<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m marrying a gym trainer. At least I know he\u2019ll have stamina.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then quiet little Emma, who had barely spoken all evening, smiled and said,<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want a husband who knows how to make me laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n
The other three girls stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Emma nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lisa laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo fancy house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo diamonds?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo personal trainer?\u201d<\/p>\n
Emma shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust someone who makes ordinary days feel special.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room suddenly became quiet.<\/p>\n
Emma continued,<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause money can buy beautiful things, and attention can make you feel wanted\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
She smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut laughter is what keeps you together when life gets difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
Years passed.<\/p>\n
Lisa married a wealthy businessman.<\/p>\n
Megan married a man who showered her with attention.<\/p>\n
Sophie married the gym trainer she’d always dreamed about.<\/p>\n
And Emma?<\/p>\n
She married her college sweetheart, Daniel\u2014the quiet guy who used to sit beside her in the library and make terrible jokes whenever she looked stressed.<\/p>\n
At their ten-year reunion, the four friends sat together again.<\/p>\n
Lisa was divorced.<\/p>\n
Megan was remarried.<\/p>\n
Sophie was happily married with three children.<\/p>\n
Then Lisa looked at Emma and asked,<\/p>\n
\u201cSo\u2026 was your husband everything you hoped for?\u201d<\/p>\n
Emma smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe still makes terrible jokes.\u201d<\/p>\n
They all laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
Emma looked across the room at Daniel, who was trying to balance three plates of food while making their children laugh.<\/p>\n
She smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe makes me laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lisa nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emma took a sip of her drink.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd when life got hard, he stayed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The girls became quiet.<\/p>\n
Emma continued,<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we had no money, he stayed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was sick, he stayed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was stressed, he stayed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I doubted myself, he reminded me who I was.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at her friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI realized something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best husband isn’t necessarily the richest, strongest, or most romantic.\u201d<\/p>\n
She smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s the one who makes you feel like you never have to face life alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just then Daniel walked over.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmma, are you telling embarrassing stories about me?\u201d<\/p>\n
She smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly the good ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
He laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I have nothing to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n
She reached for his hand.<\/p>\n
And her friends finally understood what Emma had meant all those years ago.<\/p>\n
The person who can make you laugh when life gives you every reason to cry\u2026 is worth more than diamonds.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four college girlfriends were sitting in their dorm room on graduation night, laughing, eating pizza, and talking about their future married lives. Lisa grinned and said, \u201cAfter college, I want … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184977,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184976\/revisions\/184977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}