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Selecting
Future Spouse
Romantic Love
Falling
in love at first sight is rather like falling down a hole—sudden
intense—often with an unsatisfactory outcome. ── Michael P. Green《Illustrations for Biblical
Preaching》
Romantic Love
I climbed up the door
And I
shut the stairs.
I
said my shoes
And
took off my prayers.
I
shut off my bed
And I
climbed into the light
And
all because he kissed me goodnight!—Faith A. Mills
During his courtship with
a young woman named Julia Dent
Ulysses S. Grant once took her out for a buggy
ride. Coming to a flooded creek spanned by a flimsy bridge
Grant assured Julia
that it was safe to cross. "Don't be frightened
" he said. "I'll
look after you."
"Well
" replied
Julia
"I shall cling to you whatever happens." True to her word
she
clung tightly to Grant's arm as they drove safely across. Grant drove on in
thoughtful silence for a few minutes
then cleared his throat and said
"Julia
you said back there that you would cling to me whatever happened.
Would you like to cling to me for the rest of our lives?" She would
and
they were married in August 1848.
Source Unknown.
John Barrymore once played
the role of a father who disapproved of the man his daughter planned to marry.
In one scene
the daughter had to ask Barrymore what he thought of her fianc?
who had just exited. Barrymore was supposed to answer
"I think he's a
dirty dog." One night
when the bridegroom-to-be walked off stage
he
accidentally tipped over a pitcher of water. Barrymore watched in fascination
as a puddle formed. A moment later
his daughter asked
"What do you think
of Tom
father?" "I think he's a dirty dog
" Barrymore answered.
Then he ad-libbed
"And what's more
he isn't even
housebroken!"
Bits & Pieces
December 13
1990.
A study at a Midwestern
school showed that 80% of the women who had intercourse hoped to marry their
partner. Only 12% of the men had the same expectation
Robert J. Collins in the Chicago
Tribune
quoted in HIS
February
1976.
I went over to my
girlfriend's house
and found she'd already gone out with her boyfriend.