Marriage

Marriage

If you want someone who will eat whatever you put in front of them
and never say it's not quite as good as their mother's

.....then adopt a dog.

If you want someone always willing to go out, at any hour,
for as long and wherever you want ...

.....then adopt a dog.

If you want someone who will never touch the remote, doesn't care
about football, and can sit next to you as you watch romantic movies

.....then adopt a dog.

If you want someone who is content to get on your bed just to
warm your feet and whom you can push off if they snore

.....then adopt a dog.

If you want someone who never criticizes what you do, doesn't care
if you are pretty or ugly, fat or thin, young or old, who acts as if
every word you say is especially worthy of listening to, and loves
you unconditionally, perpetually ..

.....then adopt a dog.

BUT, on the other hand, if you want someone who will never come
when you call, ignores you totally when you come home, leaves hair
all over the place, walks all over you, runs around all night and only
comes home to eat and sleep, and acts as if your entire existence
is solely to ensure their happiness

.....then adopt a cat!

Now be honest, you thought I was gonna say... Marry a man, didn't you?

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Yes I did... but maybe because the title was "Marriage"!! :sidestep:

As an aside, what would you call this post (besides a joke)? Joan and I are sitting here trying to come up with a word for it.

It's not a parable... The term illustration doesn't seem to fit. It's not really a story. A truism? Doesn't seem quite right. An observation?

This is gonna haunt me...

A truism is a claim that is so obvious or self-evident as to be hardly worth mentioning, except as a reminder or as a rhetorical or literary device.

In philosophy, a sentence which asserts incomplete truth conditions for a proposition may be regarded as a truism. An example of such a sentence would be: "Under appropriate conditions, the sun rises." Without contextual support — a statement of what those appropriate conditions are — the sentence is true but incontestable. A statement which is true by definition ("All cats are mammals.") would also be considered a truism. This is quite similar to a tautology in which the conclusion of a statement is essentially equivalent to its premise, a statement that is "true by virtue of its logical form alone".[1]

The word may be used to disguise the fact that a proposition is really just an opinion, especially in rhetoric. A saying about people or an accepted truth about life in general is also a truism.

See alsoAphorism
Axiom
Cliché
Commonplace
Contradiction
Dictum
Fact
Figure of speech
Jacques de la Palice
Maxim
Moral
Synthetic proposition
Tautology

So you're saying it's a truism then.

Seriously.... we need to define and name it.

Ron wrote:

It's not a parable... The term illustration doesn't seem to fit. It's not really a story. A truism? Doesn't seem quite right. An observation?

This is gonna haunt me...

Doh! Ron now it's gonna haunt me too! :lmt:

for the haunted, until i get my coffee and brain kicks in,

SYNONYMS saying, maxim, adage, saw, motto, epigram, proverb, aphorism. These nouns refer to concise verbal expressions setting forth wisdom or a truth. A saying is an often repeated and familiar expression: a collection of philosophical sayings. Maxim denotes particularly an expression of a general truth or a rule of conduct: "For a wise man, he seemed to me ... to be governed too much by general maxims" (Edmund Burke). Adage applies to a saying that has gained credit through long use: a gift that gave no credence to the adage, "Good things come in small packages." Saw often refers to a familiar saying that has become trite through frequent repetition: old saws that gave little comfort to the losing team. A motto expresses the aims, character, or guiding principles of a person, group, or institution: "Exuberance over taste" is my motto. An epigram is a witty expression, often paradoxical or satirical and neatly or brilliantly phrased: In his epigram Samuel Johnson called remarriage a "triumph of hope over experience." Proverb refers to an old and popular saying that illustrates something such as a basic truth or a practical precept: "Slow and steady wins the race" is a proverb to live by. Aphorism, denoting a concise expression of a truth or principle, implies depth of content and stylistic distinction: Few writers have coined more aphorisms than Benjamin Franklin.

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None of these quite nail it though.

true mim,
and i've been looking at shiny watches, kitchen utensils and etc........
now my youngest went to work and left me a chore list?!?
i'll be back.

this is haunting me now, not quite a proper fit yet.

An adage (pronounced /ˈædɨdʒ/), or adagium (Latin), is a short but memorable saying which holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or that has gained some credibility through its long use. It often involves a planning failure such as "don't count your chickens before they hatch" or "don't burn bridges behind you." Adages may be interesting observations, practical or ethical guidelines, or sceptical comments on life.

Some adages are products of folk wisdom that attempt to summarize some basic truth; these are generally known as proverbs or bywords. An adage that describes a general rule of conduct is a "Maxim". A pithy expression that has not necessarily gained credit through long use, but is distinguished by particular depth or good style is an aphorism, while one distinguished by wit or irony is an epigram. Through overuse, an adage may become a cliché or truism, or be described as an "old saw." Adages coined in modernity are often given proper names and called "laws" in imitation of physical laws, or "principles". Some adages, such as Murphy's Law, are first formulated informally and given proper names later, while others, such as the Peter Principle, have proper names in their initial formulation; it might be argued that the latter sort does not represent "true" adages, but the two types are often difficult to distinguish.

Adages formulated in popular works of fiction often find their way into popular culture, especially when there exists a subculture devoted to the work or its genre, as is the case with science fiction novels. Many professions and subcultures create their own adages, which may be seen as a sort of jargon; such adages may find their way into popular usage, sometimes becoming altered in the process. Online communities, such as those that develop in internet forums or Usenet newsgroups, are known for generating their own adages.[1]

i just asked my youngest college student to clarify w/english prof which this would be categorized as. so she came in here and binged and googled it and said it's a proverb and no one else in the world cares but you nerds.
what a brat, eh?

obviously takes after her mother.

i will now take it up with another college prof. sheesh.

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