Friday, March 04, 2005

Holy matrimony (1)

I wonder are events like marriage seasonal. Past few weeks, I either know someone who’s engage or is planning to. Some of my good friends are making the big leap while a few has already tied the knot and most of them are around my age i.e. below are average marrying age.

Since I’m not exactly the most qualified person of talk about this topic I did consult a few people who were. And some of them agreed with me on certain aspects of marriage…

Dating is more fun, right?

I date this girl for two years--and then the nagging starts: "I wanna know your name."
-- Mike Binder


Jake liked his women the way he liked his kiwi fruit: sweet yet tart, firm-fleshed yet yielding to the touch, and covered with short brown fuzzy hair.
-- Jonathan S. Haas

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
-- Katharine Hepburn

A man is incomplete until he is married. After that, he is finished.
-- Zsa Zsa Gabor

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her.
-- Agatha Christie


Well if you still want to get on with it here are a few comforting thoughts….

Love is blind -- marriage is the eye-opener.
-- Pauline Thomason

Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.
-- Woody Allen

Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.
-- Jackie Mason

Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they die earlier.
-- H. L. Mencken

My wife suggested a book for me to read to enhance our relationship. It's titled, "Women are from Venus, Men are Wrong

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her.
-- Agatha Christie

Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you say. After marriage, he'll fall asleep before you finish.. -- Helen Roland.

Here's a good place to settle down and to bring the in laws.

Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.
-- Ken Dodd

I’m not trying to put anyone of commitment or to ridicule the institution. I saved the good stuff for the next post. Have a good laugh ya'll

To be con’t…..