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[Coconut]

Fellowservant and I will celebrate 25 years of growing up together tomorrow. :umbrellafly:

I`m posting this for Him (even tho he does`nt always get what I find so amusing ...and to all you soul mates who have learned a sense of humor is more vital to a lasting "I DO" than compatibility...it goes a long way in helping you to appreciate your differences...and enriches your togetherness :heart2:


Top 10 Qualities to Look For in a Wife

Posted by John Shore in Family, Marriage, relationships.

My wife and I recently celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary. If you’re a single guy thinking about getting married, might I suggest, based on my experience, that you marry a woman who possesses the following 10 qualities?

1. So smart she constantly freaks you out with her humongous Absorb-O-Brain.
Upside: Hanging around with a smart person makes you smarter. Up to a point, of course. But still.
Downside: Smart people remember everything. Pretty mixed blessing.

2. So wise she makes Confucius look like Goober Pyle.
Upside: Your own private oracle!
Downside: Wise people are extremely good at anticipating the outcome of things that slightly less wise people do. Not entirely gratifying.

3. So perfectly matches your idea of heart-stoppingly gorgeous that just looking at her wipes every thought out of your head.
Upside: Constant aesthetic revelation.
Downside: It’s rude to stare.

4. So compassionate she regularly makes you feel like Ivan the Terrible.
Upside: Constantly getting to see the highest aspect of human nature in action.
Downside: Basically stuck having to do the right thing all the time seriously cuts into TV-watching time. Not to mention savings account.

5. So funny you can barely stand it.
Upside: Never-ending yuks!
Downside: Getting all the jokes means really paying attention, always. Worth it — but still.

6. An indefatigable worker.
Upside: Stuff gets done.
Downside: Guilt interferes with naps.

7. The greatest artist you know you’ll ever meet.
Upside: (Relatively) free art!
Downside: A wife who’s driven by stuff you can’t even begin to understand.

8. Shares your spiritual values.
Upside: The regular achieving of deep and mutual spiritual experience simultaneously realized.
Downside: None.

9. Sure that the highest human prize available in this life is a good marriage.
Upside: Willing to work to achieve a great relationship.
Downside: Willing to make you work to achieve a great relationship.

10. Absolutely without agenda or ambition for you beyond that you’re happy.
Upside: No nagging! Ever.
Downside: You have to decide what really makes you happy. Much trickier than you might think.

So remember, guys. To ensure a happy, long-lasting marriage, all you have to do is marry a woman who is smart, wise, beautiful, compassionate, funny, hard-working, aesthetically inspired, spiritual, passionately desirous of a good marriage, and has virtually no “ambitions” for you beyond that you’re happy.

That’s what I did, anyway.

Lucky, lucky me.

 

[Coconut]

Top 10 Tips for Becoming a Better Husband

Posted by John Shore [notice this also was written by John, and I trust John is a man] :cute-animated:

"I don’t know much about much, but after nearly 26 years of being married, I’m confident of these Top 10 things any man can do to make himself a much better husband."

1. Embrace your wrongness. In the course of disagreeing with our wives, what many of we men fail to realize is that, invariably, we’re wrong. We just are. We’re trying to be right–but failing. We can’t help it. It’s the nature of things. Men are bigger, hairier, stronger, and wronger. It’s a fact we should just get used to. God knows our wives have.

2. Stop fidgeting while your wife’s talking to you. It really is rude–and you know it. If you don’t stop doing that, then one day, when your wife starts talking to you about her day, you’re going to start distractedly fiddling with the remote control, or your cell phone, or something else, and she’s going to shriek and stab you with a fork.

3. Remember that your tone DOES TOO MATTER. You know how in arguments with your wife, you keep thinking that if she would just focus on what you’re saying, instead of worrying so much about how you’re saying it, then she’d see how right you are? Yeah, that’s never going to happen. She needs to know you still love her as you’re yelling at her. Women are funny like that.

4. Actually have opinions. Women like men who are clear on what they think, and why they think it. Men, though, enjoy Ever Waffling. Well, waffles are for kids. Stop it. Commit to thoughts, ideas, and decisions! Sure, you’ll be wrong about whatever it is you decide to think. But you’ll be attractively wrong. Wrong, but studly. That’s the American way.

5. Give her presents. Women love to receive gifts. But men don’t like to give gifts, because doing so takes time, money, and trouble. Plus, you can never really figure out what to give a woman anyway–and the idea that you have to give, say, a Valentine’s Day gift, automatically invalidates the very reason people are supposed to give spontaneous gifts of love in the first place, which actually makes them an insult. And those are your choices: Either do what she wants, or be right. And what have we already learned about you being right?

6. Stop being so hormonally crazed. Well, at least try to stop being so hormonally crazed. Okay, try to be less hormonally crazed. Okay, forget it. Just try not to get arrested.

7. Stop complaining about your job. Guys love to talk about–and especially to complain about–their jobs. Women, though often seemingly infinite in their patience and empathy, do have their limits. You’ll know you’ve reached your wife’s when, as you are telling her about your day, she starts to fidget.

8. Get okay with being late. Women have an internal guide that tells them which things it’s okay to be late for, and which things it’s not. Unfortunately, that guide is written in ancient Venusian. You don’t read ancient Venusian. You don’t read any Venusian. Invest in a handheld video player.

9. Tell your wife how to behave in public. Women love this. It makes them feel like you’re watching out for them, like you’re helping them understand things about themselves that they don’t understand, and should be aware of. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to explain this to my own wife as she was walking away from me.

10. Don’t Keep Bugging Your Wife to Give You Some Good Ideas for a “Top 10″ List You’re Writing When She’s Trying to Get Ready to Go to Work. Trust me on this one.

 

[rizen1]

Good post Coconut...

God bless both of you.

 

[Coconut]

Hubby didnt get a chance to reply...but he read it all and shook his head
at "Men are bigger, hairier, stronger, and wronger..."

(or maybe he was shaking his head at me, cause I was got such a kick out of it) LOL

He said, thats not true...:disagree:

I said, i`m sorry honey but yes it is... :cute-animated:

But I didnt push it by asking exactly which word he was disagreeing with...LOL :quiet: