Erma Bombeck Quotes

We seldom give each other advice-I think that's the success of 25 years of marriage.

The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.

If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

When one has been married over thirty years, of course it would be absurd not to admit there have been some difficulties, at some times. But the important thing is that we have weathered them.

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.

My parents were married 53 years, good and bad. Can I do that? Probably not. But I really hope I can.

I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.

Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.

I've never seen anyone deal in a literary way with what it takes to stay married for more than 50 years, and that seemed like a worthy goal.

We need to live and let live. This applies to a couple in general.

I don't know what kept us together. Initially, both of us were hotheaded, so we would end up fighting a lot. But there was a lot of love and respect, too, I guess. I believe that's the key to a successful marriage.

Getting married is easy. Staying married is more difficult. Staying happily married for a lifetime is among the fine arts.

Happy wife, happy life. I think every man learns that quick. Really quick.

The best advice I've ever been given is being handed a Bible. That's the blueprint for marriage that we go by, and that's what our marriage is grounded in. We also have other married couples who are examples in our lives. My parents have been married over 40 years, and both sets of grandparents for over 65 years. When you see couples in long-term relationships and you see them go through good times and bad times, you realize it's about being committed enough and loving your partner enough to hang in there regardless.

Want to know the key to a long-lasting relationship? Don't go with your loved one to Ikea. One psychologist says the stress of a visit to the popular furniture store can cause serious friction between couples, whether it's disputes over what to buy or spats while you assemble the items that you bought there.

If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.

I've been married for 49 years. Where have I failed?

Never be in a hurry to terminate a marriage. Remember, you may need this man/woman to finish a sentence.

[To woman bragging about having kept her husband for seven years:] Don't worry, if you keep him long enough, he'll come back in style.

Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care

Let us not complain against men because otheir rudeness, their ingratitude, their injustice, their arrogance, their love oself, their forgetfulness oothers. They are so made. Such is their nature.

I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play.

We should strive to understand the weakness of others.

The only happy marriages I know are arranged ones.