{"id":785,"date":"2007-12-28T10:45:49","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T10:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/12\/margarets-27-ways-to-keep-your.html"},"modified":"2007-12-28T10:45:49","modified_gmt":"2007-12-28T10:45:49","slug":"margarets-27-ways-to-keep-your","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/12\/margarets-27-ways-to-keep-your.html","title":{"rendered":"Margaret’s 27 Ways to Keep Your Lover"},"content":{"rendered":"

My, my, my, what have we started!<\/a> Here’s Margaret’s list:
\n1. TREAT HER LIKE AN EQUAL, CECIL!
\n2. Be nice to her mother, brother!
\n3. Bring her breakfast in bed, Fred.
\n4. Respect her job, Rob
\n5. don’t leer at her friends, Len
\n6. go with her to church, Lurch
\n7. Rinse the sink when you shave, Dave
\n8. Allow her to drive, Clive<\/p>\n


\n9. Take her on a trip, Skip (Especially a cruise, Bruise)
\n10 Have respect for her brain, Cain
\n11. Let her hhave her own money, Sonny.
\n12. Make her a meal, Neal
\n13. Give her a card, Gerrard
\n14. Take her on a walk, Hawk
\n15. Learn how to dance, Vance
\n16. Don’t skip the foreplay, Portnoy
\n17. Take her out on a date, Nate
\n18. Don\u2019t hog the remote, you old goat
\n19. Take her along to bowl, Joel (IF she WANTS to go, Moe)
\n20. Let her pick the flick, Nick
\n21. Stay away from her journal, Colonel
\n22. Put gas in her tank, Hank
\n23. Bring flowers for no reason, heathen
\n24. Hit the bowl, not the floor, boor
\n25. Remember to flush, Rush
\n26. Comfort her if she\u2019s crying, Ryan
\n27. YOU vacuum the rug, Doug!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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