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Article: Do you take this man? And how! (personal narratives on marriage)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- April 1, 1990
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It is said that a man who promises to move heaven and earth for his bride is the same man who later growls when he's asked to move the davenport.
There are any number of reasons for this about-face. Take my case, if you have a strong stomach.
At the exhilarating age of 24 1 was sailing through life free as a bird on the wing. New car. Money in the bank. Countenance unlined. Dating any number of girls. Then, on December 7, 1941 (or was that the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor? I get the two dates confused), I took this particular girl to a Chinese restaurant for her birthday. And the rest is history, as they say.
Where I made my mistake ...