On Marriage - Part I

*MARRIAGE *

*Definition: *the social institution under which a man and woman (in love)
establish their decision to live
as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious
ceremonies, etc., and live happily ever after...OR.....

*A CLOSER LOOK......*

*Fact or fiction (you make the call):

1. *Marriages are made in heaven. But so again, are thunder and lightning.

*2. *After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin...they
can't face each other, but,
they still stay together.

*3. *Married life is very frustrating. In the first year of marriage, the
man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks

and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the
neighbors listen.

*4.* When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of
one thing: either the car is new or the wife is.

*5.* Marriage is when a man and woman become as one. The trouble starts
when they try to decide which one.

*6. *Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about
something she says. After marriage, he will fall asleep before she finish.

*7.* Every man wants a wife who is beautiful, understanding, economical,
and a good cook. But the law allows only one wife.

*8.* They say when a man holds a woman's hand before marriage, that is LOVE.
After marriage, that is SELF DEFENSE.

*9. *A wife becomes a "SEX OBJECT" when every time the husband asks for sex,
she objects.

*10. *Marriage is the only war where you get to sleep with the enemy.

*11. *There are two four-letter words that are offensive to men in
marriage - "don't" and "stop", unless, they are used together.

*12. *Marriage is an institution where the man loses his Bachelor's Degree
and the woman gets her Master's Degree.

*13. *In marriage, a man can have words with his wife, but, a woman can have
paragraphs with her husband.

*14.* Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore, marriage is an institution
for the blind.

*15. *There are 3 stages of SEX in a married life: Tri-weekly, try weekly
and try weakly.

*16. *LOVE is a long sweet dream; MARRIAGE is the alarm clock.

*17. *When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But, when a 10-year
married man looks happy, we wonder why.

*18.* Marriage is not a word. It is a sentence ... a LIFE SENTENCE.