Three sisters decided to get married on the same day, having a triple wedding to save their parents the expense of separate weddings.
Nothing could have been better. It was a great day and the triple wedding went according to plan, with everyone having a great time, especially the three brides.
As a further step to reduce the price tag for the weddings, the three sisters decided that they would all spend their honeymoon night at home.
So, all three sisters and their new husbands headed off to bed and later that night, their mother couldn’t sleep, so she went downstairs to the kitchen to make herself a cup of tea.
On her way, she tiptoed by her oldest daughter’s bedroom and heard her screaming. The mother thought to herself, “That’s normal, especially on her wedding night”.
Then she crept past her second oldest daughter’s room and heard her laughing. “That’s normal too”, she said, smiling to herself.
Finally, she slipped by her youngest daughter’s room where she didn’t hear a peep, but she thought nothing of it.
The next morning, downstairs in the kitchen, after the husbands had gone out, their mother asked her eldest daughter about last night’s noises.
“Well Mom” she replied, “you always said if it hurt I should scream”.
“You’re absolutely right sweetheart”, her mother assured her, blushing slightly.
Then, turning to her middle daughter, she asked “Now why were you laughing last night?”
“You always said if it tickled, I could laugh”, the middle daughter answered.
“True enough, honey”, her mother said, smiling and remembering her newlywed days as memories came flooding back. She blushed a bit more.
“Now it’s your turn, baby”, she said, turning to her youngest daughter. “Why was it so quiet in your room last night?”
“Mom, don’t you remember? You always told me never to talk with my mouth full”.
The mother turned a deep shade of red…
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