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The secret to a long and happy marriage.

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annsixty Fri 12-Jan-18 16:13:26

In an article in the DT the author claims that a man was asked what the secret was as he and his wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
The secret is,he said, to go out for supper once a week. Enjoy good food, good wine and sweet music.
So she goes on Tuesday and I go on Thursday.
Well it made me chuckle.

MissAdventure Fri 12-Jan-18 20:16:44

Wife: "Do you think I've put on weight?"
Husband: "No, I think the living room has shrunk"

loopyloo Fri 12-Jan-18 20:35:15

I think a man and a woman is the strongest socio economic unit that has been devised. And if they can get along at all , making lots of compromises, I think they are doing very well.
The only suggestion I have is to use a 5ft duvet on a 4ft 6 bed so you both have lots of cover.
Apart from that it's just luck.

Jalima1108 Fri 12-Jan-18 20:36:50

Or a 6ft bed with two single duvets!

Smithy Fri 12-Jan-18 20:45:07

These are great - making me laugh out loud! Always good.

ginny Fri 12-Jan-18 20:49:13

The perfect marriage is two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other

MissAdventure Fri 12-Jan-18 20:53:19

A policeman on a motorcycle pulls over a car.
‘What’s up?’ says the driver.
‘Your wife fell out the passenger door three miles back,’ says the policeman.
‘Thank goodness for that,’ says the driver. ‘I thought I’d gone deaf.’

cornergran Fri 12-Jan-18 20:54:18

I so needed a laugh and you’ve all given me one. smile. Superb.

annsixty Fri 12-Jan-18 21:09:16

A foursome were playing golf when a hearse and funeral cars passed by. One of the four stopped playing and taking his cap off bowed his head.
One of the others said, that was very kind of you, did you know the deceased?
Oh think nothing of it she was a good and faithful wife to me for over 40 years .
Going off the point now!!

Floriatosca Fri 12-Jan-18 21:17:39

The longest sentence begins with two words... “ I do”.

Gagagran Fri 12-Jan-18 21:28:03

Or there was the man who explained that his happy marriage had started with the agreement that he would make all the big decisions and his wife the rest. Fortunately, he said, in fifty years I have never had to make a big decision.

My Dad's favourite response to my Mum (married almost 70 years) was "If you say so, it is so". Then he shut up!

Menopaws Fri 12-Jan-18 21:35:43

Being able to grunt and he knows exactly what you mean, that's a marriage

annsixty Fri 12-Jan-18 21:49:50

One husband was heard to say, we have a perfect working relationship.
She makes all the easy decisions and I make the difficult ones. For example she decides where we live , where we go on holiday, where the children go to school how we spent our income etc.
So what do you decide said his friend,
Oh should we have joined the common market, should we join the euro, should we leave Europe, should we have nuclear weapons. All the important matters we have to decide.

Newquay Fri 12-Jan-18 22:23:08

We-or rather I-always say, having been committed Christians for many years we try to live our lives according to God's word which says that the husband should have the final word. . . . And, boom, boom, DH says "yes dear".

JaneD3 Mon 15-Jan-18 00:47:16

We share the bed half and half. I have the middle half and he has a quarter either side grin

chelseababy Mon 15-Jan-18 08:38:04

Marriage is not just a word..............it's a sentence.

chelseababy Mon 15-Jan-18 08:38:36

We comes before I in wedding.

Christinefrance Mon 15-Jan-18 08:41:11

These are so funny really made me smile. grin

Greyduster Mon 15-Jan-18 08:56:43

Marriage is just two people constantly asking each other what they want to eat, until one of them dies!

Teetime Mon 15-Jan-18 09:05:10

I told my husband some time ago about the Chinese way - Happy Wife Happy Life. He tries bless him.

Bathsheba Mon 15-Jan-18 10:23:01

One of my all time favourites grin

Christinefrance Mon 15-Jan-18 12:53:06

Brilliant Bathsheba smile

gillybob Mon 15-Jan-18 13:01:35

'That's got to be the best one so far Bathsheba grin

Norah Mon 15-Jan-18 20:26:22

Brilliant!

Lovetopaint037 Mon 15-Jan-18 22:13:58

This has to be the best thread ever. It is terrific. Keep ‘em coming.

MissAdventure Mon 15-Jan-18 22:20:37

At a medical check-up:

Do you do dangerous sports?

Well, sometimes I talk back at my wife.