Quips
with a Point
(You
might like to think about the point behind each of these)
"The
most difficult years of a marriage are those following the wedding"
"Before criticising your wife's faults, you must remember it may
have been those defects which prevented her from getting a better husband
than the one she married."
"We've
had adult education for several thousand years; it's called marriage."
Marriage
teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint and a lot of other
qualities you wouldn't need if you'd stayed single.
"Many
a bachelor longs
for a wife who will take care of him - and so does many a husband"
"The
divorce rate would be lower if, instead of marrying for better or for
worse, people would marry for good"
"Many
divorces are caused by the marriage of two people who are in love with
themselves"
Ouch!
"Judging
by the divorce rate, a lot of people who said, 'I do' - didn't!!
Longer
Quotes to Ponder
"It
is so far from being natural for a man and a woman to live in the state
of marriage, that we find all tech motives that they have for remaining
in that connection, and tech restraints which civilised society imposes
to prevent separation, are barely sufficient to keep them together."
(Dr. Samuel Johnson)
"Divorce
- with its anger, pain and personal injury - is seldom the answer. Rather
it is a temporary relief from the symptoms of a disease which is never
diagnosed, let alone treaded."
(Anon)
"I
am convinced that marriage is meant to work. The problem is NOT with
the institution of marriage but with the PEOPLE in it. Most of us simply
do not know how it is supposed to function"
(Bob Mumford)
"Researchers
recently surveyed 300 people who had been married for at least 15 years
and who described themselves as 'happily married'. The respondents showed
remarkable agreement in their views of what makes a marriage happy.
Most frequently mentioned was "having a generally positive
attitude towards one's spouse" and viewing the partner as
one's best friend. The second key was a belief in the importance
of commitment (To the researchers' surprise, fewer than 10% of
the happily married couples mentioned good sexual relations as as important
ingredient for good marriage)"
(Newspaper article near end of twentieth century)
"The
Battle of the Sexes"
The
following is one of those humourous things that get circulated with
no origin quoted. We therefore, have no idea where it came from and
offer apologies to the original author for not giving them credit. We
have known male and female laugh at it. If you don't laugh you've lost
your sense of humour, you are too serious about life, or you've never
appreciated the wonder of the differences between male and female!
1.
The female always makes all the rules
2.
The rules are subject to change at any time without prior notification
3.
No male can possibly know all the rules
4.
If the female suspects the male knows all the rules she must immediately
change some of all of the rules
5.
The female is never wrong
6.
If the female is wrong, it is due to a misunderstanding which was a
direct result of something the male did or said wrong
7.
If rule 6 applies the male must apologise immediately for causing the
misunderstanding
8.
The female may change her mind at any time
9.
The male must never change his mind without the expressed written consent
of the female
10.
The female has every right to be angry or upset at any time
11.
The male must remain calm at all times, unless the female wants him
to be angry or upset
12.
The female must under no circumstances let the male know whether or
not she wants him to be angry or upset
13.
The male is expected to mind read at all times
14.
The male who doesn't abide by the Rules, cannot take the heat, lacks
backbone or is a wimp
15.
Any attempt to document the Rules could result in bodily harm
16.
If the female has PMT all the rules are null and void
17.
The female is ready when she is ready
18.
The male must be ready at all times.
If
these 'rules' show anything, it is that there are clear differences
between men and women and they recognise them, play on them and make
fun of them when they're allowed to.
Should
your perspective suggest the above is biased against women, try the
following:
"In
1492, Columbus set out for the Orient and ended up in the Caribbean
, thus setting a pattern that has continued for more than 500 years:
Men still won't stop and ask for directions."
One
of the objectives of the couple planning to get married, must be to
learn to understand each other!
And
some more snippets with a point
To
keep your marriage brimming
With
love in the loving cup,
When
you're wrong, admit it,
When
you're right, shut up
(Ogden
Nash)
By
all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy. If you
get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
(Socrates)
Marriage
has become a contract over the short term with unprecedented numbers
of dependent children suddenly thrown into the lone-parent poverty instead
of the traditional covenant which made both parents dutiful guardians
of domestic serenity for their own offspring up to at least the point
of independence.
[Prof.A.H.Halsey
1996]
A
woman was seeking counsel from a counsellor and shared that she hated
her husband, and intended to divorce him. “I want to hurt him all I
can,” she declared firmly.
“Well,
in that case,” said the counsellor, “I advise you to start showering
him with compliments. When you have become indispensable to him, when
he thinks you love him devotedly, then start the divorce action. That
is the way to hurt him." Some time later she returned to report
that all was going well. She had followed the suggested course.
“O.K,”
said the counsellor, “are you ready to file for divorce?”
“You're
joking !” replied the woman . “I love him dearly!”
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