This is what Andy Rooney said (blue text):
As I grow in age, I value women over 40 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:
A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the night and ask, 'What are you thinking?' She doesn't care what you think.
If a woman over 40 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do, and it's usually more interesting.
Women over 40 are dignified.
They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you if they think they can get away with it. Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated. Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40.
Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 40 is far sexier than her younger counterpart. Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk if you are acting like one. You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her. Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal.
For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 40, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year old waitress.
Ladies, I apologize. For all those men who say, 'Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?', here's an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage.
Why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage!
This is a picture of the lovely and very funny Andy Rooney:
Got to love that last line! As funny as this was, I found it upsetting that 80% of women are against marriage. I still believe that marriage is an important and, hopefully, happy part of life. This kind of comes into how the Hollywood lifestyle is shaping our society. We constantly see celebrities not getting married, or if they do, divorcing quite quickly. Society's view on marriage are no longer that important. There is not really 'til death do us part' more like 'till we have a fight and I get the country house'. This to me is not a good view on life and marriage. Marriage was once important, now it is more important to have the perfect body, the perfect face, the perfect career. Life is no longer about self happiness but being better than everybody else and being the richest.
What do you all think?
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I can see what you're saying about the positives of marriage, but to me it seems that people make way too much out of a aimple symbol. Many people seem to think that they need a ring and a minister to validate their love for each other. While I have nothing against the sentiment of marriage, these days divorce is getting more and more common, which is (presumably) a big pain for all concerned. I think that it is getting less and less practical to get married, especially now that women can have fruitful careers of their own, without having to rely financially on their good-for-nothing husband. But as I say, I've nothing against marriage. If you want to get married, I won't stop you.
ReplyDeleteYeah I agree in some ways. The point i was trying to make was that because you can so easily get divorced these days marriage no longer means that much. Marriages use to last because people had to actually put effort in and work through their problems.
ReplyDeleteI guess it all depends if you find the right person and decide if it is worth getting married or not. It is different for everybody.
Well it'd be quite aamusing is frazer did try to stop you from getting married. I for one am completely for marriage and can't understand the big problem behind it. For centuries people have been getting married and i will agree that it has been because technically, you married in order to keep your family going etc. but in this day and age, i will agree that there is so much pressure in order to get marriage, it makes divorce even higher, which is a fact. But why then has marriage gone from being a vow of loving someone forever, which you plan on anyway, but now its more a status symbol and the fact that you did get married?
ReplyDeletePeople don't also try to fix there problems as easily i believe. People now days should get married more mid 20's and 30's , not in there prime when they are so likely to change in personality.
I agree Emma. People need to realise that marriage is hard and involves a lot of work before they get themselves into it. Marriage is obviously a personal choice. For those who do want to get married they need to be ready for the commitment and the hard work.
ReplyDeleteKeep the comments coming! :)
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Yeah, I think marriage is a good thing. But I agree with Emma, people just don't seem to be putting in the effort anymore.
ReplyDeleteBut the point I wanted to bring up was the idea of marriage seems to be thrown around now. Like take Mel Gibson, he is a supposedly Catholic man who is going through a divorce. Does marriage still have the same value? Like a personal value.
I watched Good News Week tonight and they mentioned there is a website which is out there for people who are married where they can arrange an affair. Wtf?? Why bother getting married if your going to plan to have an affair?!
Stupid Society.
Anyway, in my personal opinion, marriage should still be able to hold the same value and be about 'untill death do us part' etc, like you said it use to be.
Good points Millie. (y) And really interesting snippet from Andy Rooney. Made me think of our mums. Lol.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with actual marriage, it just seems to be a very frivolous affair these days. Like Las Vegas weddings. Getting married to a stranger while you're drunk. Why? My other main point was the level of complexity society seems to expect couples to put into their wedding. I've always said that if I get married, I'm going to have a barbeque in the backyard with a handful of my best friends and family rather than a white wedding with 400 of my distant aquaintances. And they'll all bring a platter of cheese or something instead of wedding presents. Who needs three toasters?
ReplyDeleteHaha good point Frazer. I think the point is, if you love someone that much to get married, all of those things won't matter. As long as you get to be with them!
ReplyDeleteBut I am definately not planning on getting married anytime soon!
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