Anyone got any good quotes on marriage? I'll start

If the woman you choose to live with for the rest of your life does not have both the skill AND determination to kill you in your sleep, you are either weak, too young to be married, or have chosen the wrong woman.

O.. and Happy New Year =)

Every marriage begins with two assumptions. You assume she won’t change and she assumes that you will.

Newly weds need to learn the Serenity Prayer.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.

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Originally posted by Sportshooter:
Every marriage begins with two assumptions. You assume she won’t change and she assumes that you will. <snip>

And that right there is the source of much, if not most, marital friction. One of the reasons our union has lasted 44 years is that we've both accepted that significant change is highly unlikely and have adapted to each other's quirks.

" You can either be right or happy"

Marriage is hard work, but good work if you can get it.

My mama said, "Get married, be happy".

I told her I'd tried both and preferred the latter.

Happy wife - happy life.

100% of divorces begin with marriage.

“If you're a man and you can't remember the last time you had sex with a woman, you're either gay or married.” ~Jeff Foxworthy

If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.

Lonely or irritated. Pick one.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
“If you're a man and you can't remember the last time you had sex with a woman, you're either gay or married.” ~Jeff Foxworthy

QFT

"Every girl wants at least one husband!"

In your best Henny Youngman voice..." No man is complete until he's married,...then he's finished".

Son: “Hey Dad, what does it cost to get married?”

Dad: “I don’t know, son, I’m still paying for it”.

There are 3 rings to marriage; the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering.

My wife told me the other day that "we'll do it my way this time and sometime in the future we'll do it your way". I've fallen for this many times in the past 38 years.

Jim

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Originally posted by smschulz:
Happy wife - happy life.

I prefer the revision I recently saw: "Happy spouse, happy house." We've found we're each happier when the other's happy.

So, for example: Despite the fact it was New Year's Eve, and despite the fact she sometimes doesn't handle eating later than 7 p.m. or so well, she realized I was on a roll with a project in the garage and let me get to a good breaking point.

It was only after I got to that point and straightened things away I realized it was 7:30 p.m. (when I get rolling I tend to lose track of time). It was 8 p.m. before we ate.

The other side of that courtesy & respect was me acknowledging her sacrifice and thanking her for letting me carry on until I could hit a point I felt comfortable leaving off for the rest of the year

"I never knew what true happiness was until I was married -- then it was too late!"

"Relationship" is a word, "marriage" is a sentence.

marry in haste, repent at leisure