Just thought I'd start a thread for some interesting secular marriage parables out there...
I heard this one 9 years ago on the redeye from LAX to Raleigh Durham while sitting next to a fellow in the recording industry who was visiting his kid, & exwife, on the east coast. I was on my way to Marine Corps truck driving school. We exchanged pleasantries and small talk until he found out my gf was pregnant and I planned to marry her. Then he offered this analogy: 'Imagine you run a clock repair shop where you fix and sell clocks. Business is going great you have your system down and the money is rolling in. Its getting to the point you start to consider taking on an employee or a partner to help with the business and share in its profits. So after some interviewing you find someone who looks great for the job and initially everything is going well. Then one day she starts showing up late and frequently calling in sick. From there things go downhill fast. So it is with a marriage when you end up with some women.'
I heard this one 9 years ago on the redeye from LAX to Raleigh Durham while sitting next to a fellow in the recording industry who was visiting his kid, & exwife, on the east coast. I was on my way to Marine Corps truck driving school. We exchanged pleasantries and small talk until he found out my gf was pregnant and I planned to marry her. Then he offered this analogy: 'Imagine you run a clock repair shop where you fix and sell clocks. Business is going great you have your system down and the money is rolling in. Its getting to the point you start to consider taking on an employee or a partner to help with the business and share in its profits. So after some interviewing you find someone who looks great for the job and initially everything is going well. Then one day she starts showing up late and frequently calling in sick. From there things go downhill fast. So it is with a marriage when you end up with some women.'
