20 YEARS AGO...
I wrote Thou Shalt Not Whine: The Eleventh Commandment many years ago, wanting to share in the couples' chapter my own incredible marriage mergers.
It is wonderful to find that special person who will stand beside you through all of life’s trials and tribulations.
Of course, you wouldn’t have had most of those particular trials and tribulations if you’d never met that one person.
Marriage may thrive on commitment,
but like insanity,
it can also lead to being committed.
Top Ten Couples’ Whines
#1 Money
#2 Jobs
#3 Each Other – Stage One
#4 Each Other – Stage Two
#5 In-laws
#6 Sharing Chores
#7 Entertaining
#8 Lack of Romance
#9 Closet Space
#10 Pillows
Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won’t even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.
Helen Rowland
I’ve been married twice.
My second marriage lasted 55 years.
So I know the secret of a lasting relationship:
Separate closets…
Selective hearing…
And eight pillows nobody is allowed to touch.
Except me, of course.
Marriage begins when you find your best friend and one true love.
Then one morning, you wake up and discover you’re sleeping next to your nearest relative.
And he snores.
