...what an opportunity cost is.

A dark sedan pulls into a gas station parking lot, a lot like any other, you know, the one with the broken pump that you always seem to pull up to, a bag on it that reads "try another one idiot". Except attached to this gas station is a coffee shop, a coffe shop that shouldn't be there, one put primarily on this Earth for people to drive by and say to themself "really? a cafe THERE?". A couple in their mid 30's gets out of the car parked within poorly painted lines and enter the shop. They order their drinks of the caffinated category and sit alone in the corner.

Claire: [Smiling wide]: I knew this was a good idea, once I saw the sign for Emerald City I knew we'd have to go back to where we first met.
Mark: [Grinning slightly]: You know, I'd be a millionaire if I never met you.
Claire: [from smiling to somber and looking down]: That's not what you're supposed to say in a situation like that.
Mark: [Serious]: no, I mean I'd be a millionaire if I never met you.
Claire: [looking pissed]: You're  jerk!
Mark: Remember that day, the day we first met, in this dingy cafe, on a hot Friday four years ago? You were sitting right over there [points across the room], wearing that blue blouse you wore the first time you met my parents.
Claire: you're still a jerk.
Mark: [laughing, smiling] Well what I never told you was, every day for two years I walked into that gas station on my lunch break and bought a lottery ticket, same numbers. 7, 14. 25, 42, 53, 11. But on that day when I walked in and saw you through that tiny hallway between the station and the cafe, I knew if I didn't go over to you right away there'd be a chance I'd never get that opportunity.
Claire: and?
Mark: and on that day, July 25th, 1983, 7,14,25,42,53,11 was the winning ticket, it would have won 36.4 million dollars.
[Claire's mouth drops open, she does not respond]
Mark: What I am trying to say...is opportunity cost. The thing that I gave up in pursuit of something else. I gave up 36.4 million dollars to be with you.
Claire: What am I supposed to say to something like that?! I'm sorry?!
Mark: [grins] Don't apologize, I took a risk every day for two years buying a ticket, but on July 25th I took a different risk.
Claire: [Still in shock] Well was it worth it?
Mark: put it this way, you're the only winning ticket I need.
Claire: [laughs hard] At least you wont forget our anniversary!