Wedding anniversary

On their 40th wedding anniversary and during the banquet celebrating it, Jimmy was asked to give his friends a brief account of the benefits of a marriage of such long duration. "Tell us, just what is it you have learned from all those wonderful years with your wife?" Jimmy responds, "Well, I've learned that
marriage is the best teacher of all. It teaches you loyalty, meekness, forbearance, self-restraint, forgiveness and a great many other qualities you wouldn't have needed if you'd stayed single."