Funny Things About Getting Married
Marriage meshes two completely different lives together into one, which is both romantic and hilarious at the same time. You have to laugh at the many surprises that follow closely after the words, "I do," to keep a healthy perspective when irritations or disagreements arise. Marriage comes with a few natural consequences that virtually no couple can escape, so you may as well accept them gracefully.
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You Marry the Whole Family
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Your husband may be extremely handsome, intelligent, kind and versed in social graces. But when he slips that ring on your finger, realize that you are marrying more than just this amazing man. His cousin may have a staring problem, his mother may have galvanized apron strings and his sister may ask to borrow money every other week for the rest of your married life. When you marry a man, you get his whole family. You may as well laugh about it to keep from crying.
Men are not Women
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Women typically want to talk things out when a conflict arises, whereas men generally like to retreat to isolation until they have things figured out. Women usually make decisions based largely on intuition, while most men make decisions based on facts and logic. Women often want to be held and talked to, while many men would prefer to cut straight to the sex. In short, women and men are completely different in many ways. Marriage gives you a front row seat to the comedy of being intimate with an individual that is wired in a way you will often not understand at all.
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You Memorize the Script
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Colleagues, acquaintances and strangers at parties may find your wife's story about her emergency appendectomy in Guatemala fascinating. You, however, will have that particular story memorized backwards and forwards after hearing it told for the 400th time. The same goes for the jokes she insists on telling you, even though you haven't thought they were funny for the last 10 years. You may as well laugh, because there is no way your spouse will spare you from hearing these scripts until she no longer derives pleasure from sharing them.
For Better or Worse
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On your honeymoon night, you may discover that he snores. The next morning, you may discover that your husband considers the bathroom floor an ideal location for his dirty boxers. He may bite his nails, watch sports incessantly or take up smoking. Just remember, you married this hunk for better or worse. Laugh it off instead of trying to change him, and you'll likely live longer.
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