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My advice to any man getting married today - Hide Your Sh|t.

You're one of the wisest people I've ever met.

Never go to bed mad. Your a team.

You should never wait too long for this one.....On the first date you should say....I thought I told you to shut up....
If she shuts up then proceed from there.

Shoulda told him to just beat off and buy guns.

Don’t sugar coat your hunting and fishing. Make sure she knows what is going to take precedence. If she’s not alright with it now, she’s not going to be in the future. And if she is high maintenance, get out while you still can.

When a man marries a woman he thinks she will never change.

When a woman marries a man she thinks that she can change him.

Neither one is true.

That's as accurate as it gets.

Thats how I have my wife now - her first husband stayed out to 5am getting drunk and whoring around immediately after they got married.

A couple of nights going out looking for him had her thinking the grass was greener elsewhere.

I would say the best advice is she knows the worst thing about you and is OK with it, then its gonna work out. But if she isn't ready to know you wash your ass with the guest towels, then its probably not going to work out.

Her take? Well, he might wash his ass with the guest towels but he ain't out whoring around at 5am.

You will never empty the jar ....

Best advice I ever heard was from Paul Harvey. He said "Don't do anything when you are first married that you don't want to do the rest of your life".

It he does exactly what she says, exactly when she says to do it, he will get along great!!!!

Put each other first.

A big + 1 on hide your sh t. And all kidding aside,tell the young man to build up a war chest,a marriage is a 50/50 shot these days,if it goes bad,he'll need money and lots of it.Tell him to put aside hidden money every week,even if it's only 5 bucks,AND, never,EVER touch it it! Doing that is the only thing that saved me when all went bad with my ex.Best and smartest thing i ever did with her,and i thank God every day an older guy that i respected at work told me to do that and that by some miracle,i listened !

Yeah, hide money from your spouse, that's the secret to a lasting marriage. I'm sure it was your wife's fault you got divorced....

Was at hunt camp back in the day when cell phones were new. One fella who had one was going around asking if any one would like to call their wives. Most all did. I said no thanks. If I do it once she'll get used to it and expect it.

To this day she doesn't expect a phone call. You need a strategy.

I would tell the boy they his job is to provide resources. Hers is to use them to build a family and future. That means she gets an awful lot more of his money than he expects. Hopefully his momma made sure his bride to be was up to the task before he proposed.

You've still got time to change your mind!

A friend of mine stopped at a gas station on his way to getting married. I think he was wearing a suit or a tux, I can't remember, but he said 3 guys next to him were filling up their truck pulling a camper going hunting for the weekend. They asked him what he was doing and said with some pride that he was about to get married. They told him they'd give him $100 and he could spend the weekend hunting with them if he didin't do it. Told him he'd thank them and pay them back in a couple of years.

He declined and for the most part it worked out. They stayed married for about 20 years before divorcing and still get along, but I never forgot him telling me that story.

I always had a crush on his wife since kindergarten and at one point the opportunity presented itself to me but I couldn't do that to a friend. She'll always be the one that got away.

There's a hell of a lot more truth to that than meets the eye.
Paul B.