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I’ll be there kt
Louise Cuddon
The Art of a Good Marriage k Wilfred Peterson
I’ll be there my darling, through thick and through thin Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
When your mind’s in a mess and your head’s in a spin A good marriage must be created.
When your plane’s been delayed, and you’ve missed the In marriage the little things are the big things.
last train. It is never being too old to hold hands.
When life is just threatening to drive you insane It is remembering to say “I love you” at least once a day.
When your thrilling whodunit has lost its last page It is never going to sleep angry.
When somebody tells you, you’re looking your age It is at no time taking the other for granted,
When your coffee’s too cool, and your wine is too warm The courtship should not end with the honeymoon,
When the forecast said “Fine”, but you’re out in a storm It should continue through all the years.
When your quick break hotel, turns into a slum And your holiday photos show only your thumb It is having a mutual sense of values and common
objectives.
When you park for five minutes in a resident’s bay It is standing together facing the world.
And return to discover you’ve been towed away It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.
When the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty
or sacrifice,
Just stick on your hips and don’t reach round your waist
When the food you most like brings you out in red rashes
When as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes
So my darling, my sweetheart, my dear...
When you break a rule, when you act the fool
When you’ve got the flu, when you’re in a stew
When you’re last in the queue, don’t feel blue
‘cause I’m telling you, I’ll be there
But in the spirit of joy.
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating
gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a
sense of humour.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can
grow.
I’ll be there for you.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
Union kt
Robert Fulghum
You have known each other from the first glance of
acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some
point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes,
to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making
commitments in an informal way. All of those conversations
that were held in a car, or over a meal, or during long walks
– all those conversations that began with, “When we’re
married”, and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we
will” – all those late night talks that included “someday” and
“somehow” and “maybe” – and all those promises that are
unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things,
and more, are the real process of a wedding.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence
is equal.
Dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right
partner.
Yes, I’ll Marry You k
Pam Ayres
Yes, I’ll marry you my dear, and here’s the reason why:
So I can push you out of bed, when the baby starts to cry.
And if we hear a knocking, and it’s creepy and it’s late,
I hand you the torch you see, and you investigate.
Yes I’ll marry you, my dear, You may not apprehend it,
The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of
saying to one another, “You know all those things that we’ve
promised, and hoped, and dreamed – well, I meant it all,
every word.”
Look at one another and remember this moment in time.
Before this moment you have been many things to one
another – acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing
partner, even teacher, for you have learned much from one
another these past few years. Shortly you shall say a few
words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things
between you will never quite be the same.
For after today you shall say to the world –
But when the tumble-drier goes It’s you that has to mend it.
You have to face the neighbour Should our labrador attack him,
And if a drunkard fondles me It’s you that has to whack him.
Yes, I’ll marry you my dear, you’re virile and you’re lean,
The boat is like a pigsty – you can help to keep it clean.
That sexy little dinner, which you served by candlelight
As I really can’t be bothered, you can cook it every night!
It’s you who has to work the drill and put up the curtain track,
And when I’ve got PMT it’s you who gets the flack.
I do see great advantages, but none of the