What is marriage anyway?

[patti1227]

WHAT IS MARRIAGE?

1. Marriage is not a word. It's a sentence (a life sentence).

2. Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore marriage is an institution
for the blind.

3. Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor's Degree
and the woman gets her masters.

4. Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and
suffering.

5. Married life is full of excitement and frustration: In the first year
of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the
woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and
the NEIGHBORS listen.

6. Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends.
You order what you want, and when you see what the other person has, you
wish you had ordered that instead.

7. Son: How much does it cost to get married, Dad?
Father: I don't know son, I'm still paying for it.

8. Son: Is it true Dad? I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't
know his wife until he marries her.
Father: That happens everywhere son, EVERYWHERE!

9. Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.

10. They say that when a man holds a woman's hand before marriage, it is
love; after marriage it is self-defense.

11. When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a
10-year married man looks happy, we wonder why.

12. Eighty percent of married man cheat in America, the rest cheat in
Europe.

13. After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin. They
just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

14. Before marriage, a man 'yearns' for the woman he loves. After the
marriage the "Y" becomes silent.

15. It's not true that married men live longer than single men, it only
seems longer.

16. When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure
of one thing - either the car is new or the wife is.

[Pepe n Pilar]

marriage
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noun
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce): "a long and happy marriage"
two people who are married to each other: "his second marriage was happier than the first"
the act of marrying: the nuptial ceremony
a close and intimate union: "the marriage of music and dance"

[telford]

marriage is just a piece of paper....whats more important is u love and respect eachother!

[joebloggs]

Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.

The Groucho Phile, 1976

[jencha8569]

Marriage is a personal union of individuals. An institution in which interpersonal relationships (usually intimate and sexual) are sanctioned with governmental, social, or religious recognition.

[keithAngel]

Or maybe

Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?"

And he answered saying:

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.

You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.

Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness,

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another but make not a bond of love:

Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,

Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.

For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.

And stand together, yet not too near together:

For the pillars of the temple stand apart,

And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

[nigel]

7. Son: How much does it cost to get married, Dad?
Father: I don't know son, I'm still paying for it. That one made me fall out of my chair!!!