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"'WHAT?'"

This routine gets Sally laughing so hard she sheds tears, and the boys are laughing in the back seat, too, though they don't quite get it. Sally has a great, explosive, out-of-control laugh that lights up a room or a car or a bed, and as much as she loves to laugh, I love to make her laugh.

That love has shown no signs of wear over the years, and I suppose therein lies the secret.

I should share one more thing . Sally advocates a specific kind of pre-marital counseling. Put a couple in a room alone with a piece of mail-order furniture and the typical Japanese-transliterated instructions ("In Leg A be straight four inch screw"). If the couple survives the experience and assembles the armoire successfully, they're good to go get married.

I add only: They should laugh at the same time.

Lawrence Henry is a writer in North Andover, Massachusetts.

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