{"id":1509,"date":"2006-05-13T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-13T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/05\/how-to-decide-whom-to-marry.html"},"modified":"2006-05-13T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-13T06:02:00","slug":"how-to-decide-whom-to-marry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/05\/how-to-decide-whom-to-marry.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Decide Whom to Marry &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicmoviekids.com\/images\/s\/switzer\/aflalfa302a.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.classicmoviekids.com\/images\/s\/switzer\/aflalfa302a.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><strong>1)<\/strong> You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.<br><em><strong>Alan, age 10<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> No person really decides before they grow up who they\u2019re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you\u2019re stuck with.<br><em><strong>Kirsten, age 10<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?<\/strong><br><strong><\/strong><br><strong>1)<\/strong> Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.<br><em><strong>Camille, age 10<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.<br><em><strong>Freddie, age 6 <\/strong><\/em><br><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.<br><em><strong>Derrick, age 8<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?<\/strong><br><strong>1)<\/strong> Both don\u2019t want any more kids.<br><em><strong>Lori, age 8<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?<\/strong><br><strong>1)<\/strong> Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.<br><em><strong>Lynnette, age 8 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.<br><em><strong>Martin, age 10<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?<\/strong><br><strong>1)<\/strong> I\u2019d run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the<br>newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.<br><em><strong>Craig, age 9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?<\/strong><br><strong>1)<\/strong> When they\u2019re rich.<br><em><strong>Pam, age 7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn\u2019t want to mess with that.<br><em><strong>Curt, age 7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry<br>them and have kids with them. It\u2019s the right thing to do.<br><em><strong>Howard, age 8 <\/strong><\/em><br><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?<\/strong><br><strong>1)<\/strong> It\u2019s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need<br>someone to clean up after them.<br><em><strong>Mike Schaffer, age 4 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN\u2019T GET MARRIED?<\/strong><br><strong>1)<\/strong> There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn\u2019t there?<br><em><strong>Kelvin, age 8<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And the winner is \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.<br><em><strong>Ricky, age 10<\/strong><\/em><br><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><br><em><span style=\"font-size:85%\"><\/span><\/em><br><em><span style=\"font-size:85%\">Another FWD.  This time from my wife \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. 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