It’s true what they say: Cops and women don’t mix. It’s like eating a spoonful of Drano; sure, it’ll clean you out, but it’ll leave you hollow inside. — The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Rule number one, as one of my first leaders in the Army told me, is to not be stupid. If only I’d listened to that advice. Rushing into a relationship, especially one that rapidly involves children, is almost as dumb as grabbing something randomly from under the kitchen sink and taking a swig. If someone is giving you a time limit or making an ultimatum, that’s a good hint that maybe they’re not the one for you. If it’s worth spending the rest of your life with them, it’s worth taking an extra year or two to make sure.
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Daddy Hawk
/ May 10, 2014Best marriage advice I ever got: “A bad marriage is a whole lot worse than no marriage.”
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daddybear71
/ May 12, 2014I’d say that a bad marriage headed off by no wedding is better still.
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Mad Jack
/ May 10, 2014Jumping right in was what almost happened to me when I was 18. She wanted a ring, a mortgage and three to five rug rats. She wanted them NOW! So I had a talk with myself.
“Self,” I said, contemplating the dry martini in front of me, “You are 18 years old. You may live to be an old man. Like 40, for instance. Let’s see, 40 minus 18… that’s 22 years, which is a longer time than you’ve been alive. Now, you’ve known this girl for what, 6 months? 7? There’s no problems in the bedroom, but so what? That leaves the rest of the day. Again, a lot of time. A lot can happen. People change.”
So I decided to wait. She lost no time in finding another guy, this one more to her liking. He was divorced with one child, so it sayonara Mad Jack, it was real, it was fun.
I saw her 25 years later. She’d… changed.
Every man is entitled to one brilliant move in his life. That was mine, and believe me when I say that was the smartest move I ever made. Ever.
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