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Hopefully , I did not give him bad council!


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Poem by Rudyard Kipling


"You must choose between me and your cigar."
-- BREACH OF PROMISE CASE, CIRCA 1885.


Open the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout,
For things are running crossways, and Maggie and I are out.

We quarrelled about Havanas -- we fought o'er a good cheroot,
And I knew she is exacting, and she says I am a brute.

Open the old cigar-box -- let me consider a space;
In the soft blue veil of the vapour musing on Maggie's face.

Maggie is pretty to look at -- Maggie's a loving lass,
But the prettiest cheeks must wrinkle, the truest of loves must pass.

There's peace in a Larranaga, there's calm in a Henry Clay;
But the best cigar in an hour is finished and thrown away --

Thrown away for another as perfect and ripe and brown --
But I could not throw away Maggie for fear o' the talk o' the town!

Maggie, my wife at fifty -- grey and dour and old --
With never another Maggie to purchase for love or gold!

And the light of Days that have Been the dark of the Days that Are,
And Love's torch stinking and stale, like the butt of a dead cigar --

The butt of a dead cigar you are bound to keep in your pocket --
With never a new one to light tho' it's charred and black to the socket!

Open the old cigar-box -- let me consider a while.
Here is a mild Manila -- there is a wifely smile.

Which is the better portion -- bondage bought with a ring,
Or a harem of dusky beauties, fifty tied in a string?

Counsellors cunning and silent -- comforters true and tried,
And never a one of the fifty to sneer at a rival bride?

Thought in the early morning, solace in time of woes,
Peace in the hush of the twilight, balm ere my eyelids close,

This will the fifty give me, asking nought in return,
With only a Suttee's passion -- to do their duty and burn.

This will the fifty give me. When they are spent and dead,
Five times other fifties shall be my servants instead.

The furrows of far-off Java, the isles of the Spanish Main,
When they hear my harem is empty will send me my brides again.

I will take no heed to their raiment, nor food for their mouths withal,
So long as the gulls are nesting, so long as the showers fall.

I will scent 'em with best vanilla, with tea will I temper their hides,
And the Moor and the Mormon shall envy who read of the tale of my brides.

For Maggie has written a letter to give me my choice between
The wee little whimpering Love and the great god Nick o' Teen.

And I have been servant of Love for barely a twelvemonth clear,
But I have been Priest of Cabanas a matter of seven year;

And the gloom of my bachelor days is flecked with the cheery light
Of stums that I burned to Friendship and Pleasure and Work and Fight.

And I turn my eyes to the future that Maggie and I must prove,
But the only light on the marshes is the Will-o'-the-Wisp of Love.

Will it see me safe through my journey or leave me bogged in the mire?
Since a puff of tobacco can cloud it, shall I follow the fitful fire?

Open the old cigar-box -- let me consider anew --
Old friends, and who is Maggie that I should abandon you?

A million surplus Maggies are willing to bear the yoke;
And a woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke.

Light me another Cuba -- I hold to my first-sworn vows.
If Maggie will have no rival, I'll have no Maggie for Spouse!
Rudyard Kipling


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He’s better off for having you as a friend.


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Having my youngest son marrying a couple of months ago, I offered no advice. Just last night son number two advised that he is marrying next fall and I will offer no advise. All solid "kids" that I am sure will sort their way just as I did.


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Originally Posted by EdM
Having my youngest son marrying a couple of months ago, I offered no advice. Just last night son number two advised that he is marrying next fall and I will offer no advise. All solid "kids" that I am sure will sort their way just as I did.



Well huh...I am intending to take the young fellow that has my daughter's eye aside and teach him all my bad habits, and make damned sure that he doesn't get run over by my lass.

I think I shall start with hunting and fishing then possibly move on to 4x4s and knives, as the lad needs all the help he can get.


Well look at that, my lass just walked in and said..."please. those aren't bad habits".


I believe my task is done and the young man owes me a very nice Christmas present.

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I bought a friend a fifth of Makers Mark Cask Strength for his wedding present, But I'm refusing to give it to him until he admits to getting married. I'm not sure if he thinks i'm an idiot and don't know, or that I know and he doesn't feel the need to tell me. Either way, his reward is being withheld, because i'm a dick.

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Dad never said a word. He was my best man and let me dig my own hole to crawl out of. Love you Dad!

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My aunt hated my wife.
Mom not thrilled but then she never said chit about anything anyway.
My dad didn't care.


Looking back I should have listened to my aunt.

But she also wanted to send me across the pond to marry a "good Greek girl".

I saw too many old Greek men beaten down and shell shocked by their wives.
No thanks.

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Originally Posted by hookeye
My aunt hated my wife.
Mom not thrilled but then she never said chit about anything anyway.
My dad didn't care.


Looking back I should have listened to my aunt.

But she also wanted to send me across the pond to marry a "good Greek girl".

I saw too many old Greek men beaten down and shell shocked by their wives.
No thanks.











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Dad did not like my first wife. He and I had always been very close, but for a month before the wedding he treated me like a stranger. I confronted him about it, and he looked at me and said, "I don't give it a year," turned and walked away. He was right about the ultimate fate of the marriage, but off by 16 years.


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My advice to any man comtemplating marriage is: run,run like a thief in the night!

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Originally Posted by superlight17b
My advice to any man comtemplating marriage is: run,run like a thief in the night!



Why, I actually like my wife and frankly cannot imagine life without her.

35 years in a couple of months.


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Originally Posted by JSTUART
Originally Posted by superlight17b
My advice to any man comtemplating marriage is: run,run like a thief in the night!



Why, I actually like my wife and frankly cannot imagine life without her.

35 years in a couple of months.



Wives.

Nothing better than a good one, and nothing worse than a bad one. wink


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Originally Posted by rockinbbar



Wives.

Nothing better than a good one, and nothing worse than a bad one. wink



Amen on that.


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Originally Posted by JSTUART
Originally Posted by rockinbbar



Wives.

Nothing better than a good one, and nothing worse than a bad one. wink



Amen on that.

Truth^^^^^^^

I've been treated to both worlds. Evil #2 nearly took me out. 1st one was a great lady, Bought me a gun every Christmas and would talk to my friends to find out what to buy, the SOB's would never tell me what she was scheming on. She died after 15 years. Then the evil one. Won't even go into the [bleep] she put me through. On the 3rd one now, 7 years, she is great. She's only bought me 2 guns but very nice ones and she has her own pile of firearms.
I know, glutton for punishment but I'm one that don't do well on my own so I went back to the lottery and glad I did. My parents loved the first one not so much #2, wish they'd been a little more vocal about their reservations. They were gone when I stumbled onto the current wife.

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We've only been married for 34 years and must of set a good example for the kids, because none of them have been married yet. I've made a lot bad choices in my 62 years but getting married wasn't one of them.

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Originally Posted by rockinbbar
Wives.

Nothing better than a good one, and nothing worse than a bad one. wink


That's the Absolute Truth!!

I've seen bad wives, it's horrific!


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"A virtuous woman, who can find'?

I did , Praise the Lord!


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Originally Posted by rockinbbar



Wives.

Nothing better than a good one, and nothing worse than a bad one. wink


I had both in one, separated by menopause....


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There is nothing that can make you feel more exuberant, fearless, wanted, needed and special than a woman!!! There is nothing that can make you feel so worthless, useless, lazy, stupid, helpless, hopeless or ever do anything right.....than a woman!!!!

Married 3 times, first at 26, she cheated on me after 2.5yrs, with her boss' son, second at 29 for 8.5yrs. Great person and very generous while dating. Within months of being married I have told people it was like spaying an older dog, she just got meaner and bigger continuously after marriage. Suicidal, foul mouthed and just rotten. 3rd a sweetheart and the love of my life dispite my health going south during the 2.5yrs of dating but married me anyway. Married 6 yrs and after 2.5yrs had to quit work due to mitral valve replacement not working out and severe spine issues due to auto immune disease. Became withdrawn some not wanting to hunt or shoot the last yr or so. Packed up and left 3wks before our 6th anniversary. Here she ended up breaking up a couple that had been married 30yrs. Never knew her to lie or anything prior but became the most evil rotten two faced foul mouth liar ever! That will be 17yrs ago this fall. Lonely as hell but no surprises or pit bulls to put up with and don't have to worry about finding your spouse humping the mailman or whomever. Only continuous really bad thing I have done over those same 39yrs has been to have my bad hobby/addiction of firearms. However I will never say I am close to perfect but am dependable.

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Well, you're expected to be perfect or you will kill their love for you. Yep. Your fault.

Now when GOD said love is never ending, well that was HIS only lie.

Yep, GW, some have been known to give trouble either before or after marriage, especially if you arent that perfect knight in shining armor that is able to spend your life reading minds and making them perfecly happy as God produced you to do. After all, thats what some think He made you for.

You are, in fact supposed to serve and submit to two masters.

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