Jellybeans in a Jar

I have not done it personally and I do not know anybody who has.  But when I was a young man, and just recently married, an older gentleman in the place where I worked told me about the "Jellybeans in a Jar Observation".  He asked if I had ever heard of it.  Respectfully, I said no.

He told me I was probably too late to verify it for sure but this was how one sets it up.

1. Obtain a nice sized jar with a sealable lid.

2. Buy a bag of jelly beans.


Now this is where it could get a little tough because you have be diligent in following through.

3. During the first year of your marriage, put a jellybean in the jar every time you share marital relations.

4. From then on, for each time you have marital relations, take out one jellybean from the jar.

The observation states that you will die long before the jar is empty.  I don't know, but it makes sense to me.