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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 467414" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p><em>"Tony always says he got an older woman because I am born in January and he is born in September...both in 62!"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>Janet, my grandparents had a running joke between them like that for decades. She was born in June of 1885, he was born in January of 1886. Even when they married at age 23, he teased her by calling her an "old lady". She retaliated by giving her birthdate as June, 188<u>6</u>, making herself 6 months younger than him. She even did this on official documents and when I was researching family history on the Ancestry site, I saw that apparently her age depended on which one of them answered the door when the census taken came! She got the last word in when he died and she ordered a big double tombstone for the two of them. His side had his date of birth and death, her side had her date of birth - June, 1886! A casual observer wouldn't notice at all and would have no idea that it was the result of a 60-year long running joke. But family members visiting the cemetery see it and end up getting the giggles every time!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 467414, member: 1883"] [I]"Tony always says he got an older woman because I am born in January and he is born in September...both in 62!" [/I]Janet, my grandparents had a running joke between them like that for decades. She was born in June of 1885, he was born in January of 1886. Even when they married at age 23, he teased her by calling her an "old lady". She retaliated by giving her birthdate as June, 188[U]6[/U], making herself 6 months younger than him. She even did this on official documents and when I was researching family history on the Ancestry site, I saw that apparently her age depended on which one of them answered the door when the census taken came! She got the last word in when he died and she ordered a big double tombstone for the two of them. His side had his date of birth and death, her side had her date of birth - June, 1886! A casual observer wouldn't notice at all and would have no idea that it was the result of a 60-year long running joke. But family members visiting the cemetery see it and end up getting the giggles every time! [/QUOTE]
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