Norma and Gordon Make Me Puke

Don't get me wrong, the notion of a marriage of a genetic female and male lasting for tens of decades seems really sweet to me.  My own parents made 50 years before Moms passed and know at least of half a dozen couples still happily married after over 2 decades.

From rest of my reckoning, do know more pairs of humans trying to get by together and doing well as most do by mostly getting along, sometimes wanting to drive an iron spike through the other's eye, other times sticking metaphorical ice pick through own ear to avoid the other's incessant chatter about their mother without reply interjecting, "Give it a break..  My mom never got me a pony either."

Minding my misbegotten, misshapen, malcontent miscreant manner, really can only try to hope for that last category of accommodation, where if you don't slit your partner's throat at night you can wake with a faded conscience and try to become a good person and partner for that next day.

Say what you will, my sight's set high.

Ain't that all we can hope with one partner through combination of genetic roulette played by the universe and risk factors dying early and 't'other gets a little nest egg to enjoy after proper mourning?

The natural order of things.

[For one Iowa couple, true love lasted until the very end.

Married 72 years, Norma, 90, and Gordon Yeager, 94, died in the hospital holding hands last week, one hour apart.

The couple was hospitalized after a car accident just outside of Marshalltown, Iowa. They were given a shared room in the ICU where they held hands in adjacent beds.

At 3:38 pm last Wednesday, Gordon's breathing stopped. Though he was no longer alive, his heart monitor continued to register a beat.

The nurse told Gordon and Norma's son, Dennis Yeager, that the monitor was beeping "because they're holding hands, and [Norma's heart beat] is going through them," Dennis recalled in an interview with Des Moines' KCCI news station. "Her heart was beating through him."

Norma died at 4:38 pm, exactly one hour later.]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/19/long-married-couple_n_1020085.html?ref=mostpopular

Ogden Nash: Marriage Advice

"To Keep your marriage brimming
with love in the wedding cup
when ever you're wrong, admit it
whenever you're right, shut up"

Pick Your Battles or You Might End Up With 300 lbs Metal Chicken

See, Prince William, you have situations like these t:o worry about. http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/

Top 10 Pieces of Marriage Advice for Prince William.

1. You ain't Henry the 8th.  If you divorce her, she gets half of your jewels.
2. In the long run, communication counts so shut your bloody mouth.
3. You are never right and she is never wrong..
4. Never, ever,under any circumstances, win an argument because you will pay in the long run.
5. Take off the bloody Beefeater bonnet.  Role playing can be fun but that hat gets old fast.
6. If you have to be late for supper because of invading France, always call first.
7. If she says she just wants a card and single rose for Valentine's Day, also get her jewelry
8. No strippers, hookers, or chambermaids.  Just think of losing your jewels and just say no.
9. If a child has your dad's ears, get an ear reduction immediately.
10. Every once in a while, you got to shut up, pretend Kate your mother and do what she says.