Have you ever heard the story about Tony Toto, of Allentown, PA? He operated a pizza parlor there. Tony Toto survived at least 5 attempts on his life, all arranged for or carried out by his wife, Frances, and her lover.
Twice she arranged for assailants to beat him over the head with baseball bats.
On one occasion she put a tripwire across the basement stairs in their house, hoping that he would trip over it and plummet to his death.
Twice she arranged for him to be shot. The first time she drugged his chicken soup so he would sleep soundly, and he was shot in the head, but miraculously survived. The second time he was shot in the chest, but only sustained minor injuries.
Even more miraculous than Tony’s survival was his attitude toward his wife once he found out she was responsible for all of this. Tony, a self-confessed lady’s man himself, said that he held his wife blameless. When she was found guilty and sent to prison for arranging for his murder, he took their 4 children and visited her every week. Then when she was released from prison, she went back to their red brick home to resume her married life with Tony.
With his arm around her, Tony said in an interview, “We’re more in love now than ever before. I don’t understand why people break up over silly little things.”
Now Tony is probably certifiable, but if someone can get through that, don’t you think you can get through your darkroom of marriage?