Marriage Definitions
- Bachelor
- A guy who has avoided the opportunity to make some woman miserable.
- A guy who is footloose and fiancee-free.
- A man who never makes the same mistake once.
- A nice guy who has cheated some nice girl out of her alimony.
- A person who believes in life, liberty, and the happiness of pursuit.
- The only man who has never told his wife a lie.
- Bride
A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
- Compromise
An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.
- Diplomat
A man who can convince his wife she would look fat in a fur coat.
- Gentleman
- A husband who steadies the stepladder so that his wife will not fall while she paints the ceiling.
- A man who, when his wife drops her knitting, kicks it over to her so that she can easily pick it up.
- Housework
What the wife does that nobody notices until she doesn't do it.
- Husband
- A man who gives up privileges he never realized
he had.
- A person who is the boss of his house and has his wife's permission to say so.
- Joint Checking Account
A handy little device which permits the wife to beat the husband to the draw.
- Love
An obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.
- Miss
A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.
- Mistress
Something between a mister and a mattress.
- Mother-in-Law
A woman who destroys her son-in-law's peace of mind by giving him a piece of hers.
- Mrs.
A job title involving heavy duties, light earnings, and no recognition.
- Spouse
Someone who will stand by you through all the trouble you wouldn't have had if you'd stayed single in the first place.
- Wife
A mate who is forever complaining about not having anything to wear at the very same time that she complains about not having enough room in the closet.