After being widowed for several years, 72-year-old Mr. Thompson decided it was time to remarry.<\/p>\n
The only problem? He had three grown children who treated him like a national treasure and panicked every time he mentioned being lonely.<\/p>\n
One Sunday, he called them all over for dinner.<\/p>\n
After dessert, he stood up, cleared his throat dramatically, and said, \u201cKids, I have an important announcement.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s time I got married again.\u201d<\/p>\n
His daughter nearly dropped her coffee.<\/p>\n
His eldest son gasped, \u201cDad! Are you serious?\u201d<\/p>\n
His youngest son asked, \u201cHow are we supposed to know if this is really what you want?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I\u2019ve already prepared a signal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA signal?\u201d they asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d he replied. \u201cIf you come to visit and see a red rose on the porch, it means I\u2019m dating.\u201d<\/p>\n
The children nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if you see two red roses?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means I\u2019m engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n
The kids exchanged nervous glances.<\/p>\n
His daughter finally asked, \u201cAnd what if we see three red roses?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson grinned and said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThen turn around and go home\u2026 because it means we\u2019re on our honeymoon and I finally figured out how to get some privacy from my children!\u201d<\/strong> \ud83d\ude02\ud83c\udfe1\ud83d\udc8d\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After being widowed for several years, 72-year-old Mr. Thompson decided it was time to remarry. The only problem? He had three grown children who treated him like a national treasure and panicked every time he mentioned being lonely. One Sunday, he called them all over for dinner. After dessert, he stood up, cleared his throat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funny"],"yoast_head":"\n