Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. ~H.L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques<\/i>, 1916<\/p>\nOur wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day. ~Gene Perret<\/p>\n
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul Sweeney<\/p>\n
Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots. ~Hoosier Farmer<\/p>\n
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly. ~Peter De Vries<\/p>\n
Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock. ~Author Unknown<\/p>\n
Spouse: someone who’ll stand by you through all the trouble you wouldn’t have had if you’d stayed single. ~Author Unknown<\/p>\n
It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner<\/p>\n
Marriage, n: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. ~Ambrose Bierce<\/p>\n
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. ~Peter Devries<\/p>\n
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~Mignon McLaughlin<\/p>\n
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. ~Phyllis Diller, Phyllis Diller’s Housekeeping Hints<\/i>, 1966<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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