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HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY? (written by kids)
1. You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. -- Alan, age 10
No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all the way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with. -- Kristen, age 10
2. WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.. -- Camille, age 10
3. HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. -- Derrick, age 8
4. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want any more kids. -- Lori, age 8
5. WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough. -- Lynnette, age 8
On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. -- Martin, age 10
6. WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
When they're rich. -- Pam, age 7 (Love her)
The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.
- - Curt, age 7
The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do. --Howard, age 8
7. IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED
It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. -- Anita, age 9 (bless you child)
8. HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there? -- Kelvin, age 8
9. HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump truck. -- Ricky, age 9
The Blue Flower
(5,451 posts)These are hilarious.
OAITW r.2.0
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(3,405 posts)and I should know.
I've been happily married for 13 years...and that's not bad out of 52.
LakeArenal
(28,883 posts)Weve been married 46 years. 40 happy ones.
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(3,405 posts)we have lived in a 35 foot motorhome for the last 6.5 years and enjoy every minute of it.
You have to love the one you're with in that small a space.
I'm extremely lucky and happy to have found the one I did.
LakeArenal
(28,883 posts)She gets arthritis. 2009 one lost their job.
That year we had a chimney fire. The year the tornado came.
My dad always said, everyone can do those easy parts. Its how you make it through the hard parts.
So not so much a joke but theres truth in all jokes.
Coventina
(27,223 posts)Between the pandemic, his dad dying, him testing positive for COVID (he remained symptom free, but was confined to a tiny room for 10 days), both trying to work from home....Let's just say, it wasn't our best year.....
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(3,405 posts)tanyev
(42,673 posts)LakeArenal
(28,883 posts)malaise
(269,292 posts)related to me
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)up there with the best of those. Yes, I'm that old and remember that kids learn the most
about stuff right there at home. Then their schoolmates finish off the learning.