Re: Holey Acrimony
  By: Daryl Stout to JOE DELAHAYE on Thu Aug 10 2017 14:36:00

 DS> Kudos to you, sir.  My Mom and late father were married just over 54
 DS> years, before pancreatic cancer took his life.

 DS> Nowadays, there seems to be "no commitment"...consider the
 DS> following...at 3 different receptions after they were united in Holy
 DS> Matrimony (it seemed more like holey acrimony <G>:

 DS> 1) 15 minutes after being married, the couple wanted a divorce.

 DS> 2) The groom angrily tore up the marriage license.

 DS> 3) The bride and groom got into a knock down, drag out, whup your ass
 DS> fight.

 DS> And, at the altar, when the preacher said "If anyone feels that this
 DS> couple should not be married...let them speak now, or forever hold
 DS> their peace"...IT WAS THE BRIDE WHO SPOKE UP!! The preacher about had a
 DS> heart attack, and both families were livid with rage, as THEY HAD SPENT
 DS> ALL THAT MONEY!!

Stranger things have happened.  Still, I told my daughter, that if she felt it
was not right, even up to the last moment, she should not get married.  Better
that, then a life of misery, or the above scenarios.


Joe
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