The secret to a long marriage A reporter was doing a human interest story for a local newspaper, and was interviewing an elderly couple celebrating sixty years of marriage. The obvious question the reporter posed was ""What's the secret to a long marriage?"" ""Oh,"" the man started. ""It's all about perseverance. On our honeymoon, we went to the Grand Canyon and rode on mules down the trail. Well, my new wife's mule bucked her off, and she fell on the ground. She just yelled, 'That's ONE!' and got right back on. A couple minutes, the mule did it again, and she yelled, 'That's TWO!' and got right back on. When the mule did it a third time, she yelled, 'That's THREE!' and she took out a gun and shot the mule dead."" The reporter was shocked at the story, and asked, ""How does that relate to a long marriage?"" And the man replied, ""Well, I told her that was no way to treat a mule, and she looked at me and said 'That's ONE!'""