Old aunts come up to you at weddings, poke you in the ribs,
and say, “You’re next.” (They will stop if you do the same to them at funerals.)
The last wedding I attended, a much-married man came up to me with the following observations:
“A smart man and a smart woman = romance
A smart man and a dumb woman = affair
but
A dumb man and a dumb woman = pregnancy
A dumb man and a smart woman = marriage”
And things to think about, like
“A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.”
“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.”
“A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.
A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn’t need.”
“A woman marries a man expecting he will change (but he doesn’t).
A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change (and she does).”
“A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.”
I liked the last one best.
“To be truly happy with a man, she must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be truly happy with a woman, he must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.”
Sooner or later you will probably make the leap. And so it goes.