Erma Bombeck Quotes

Don't get married until you're certain that you're marrying the right girl. How did I know my wife was the one? I'd seen her for a couple of months. I liked her. She was a very creative person and she had a very good grip on politics and business.

Do you think your mother and I should have liv’d comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married?

People don't get married to get divorced. Maybe people weren't meant to be together forever.

I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men.

Oh, I've had terrible, terrible relationships! The fact that I ever got happily married to a great, normal man is kind of a miracle.

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.

I never thought about settling down. I was obsessed with my career - I was blinkered. I finally met a woman who was worthy of me. Then we settled down and had many children.

The most valuable insight on choosing whom to love is to be honest with yourself about the man standing before you.

Love is a big thing - it's part of who you become, how you grow up. I had a wonderful husband, and I'm very lucky I have a second wonderful husband. You know, some people don't even score the first time.

Before I got married, I dated the gamut.

Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway, so you might as well marry into a family that is similar to your own, and make that much less of an adjustment. But the 'love marriage', as it is called, is equally common in India now. But it would be interesting to do a comparison of what would work better. Marriage is hard work, and it is a gamble.

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat.

Being married, I don't know how to describe it. It's very comfortable when you find the right person. It all comes together beautifully.

They say the most important decision you make in life is your choice of a spouse. I've been lucky with that.

I think I was smart to marry him. I think that's my smartness, that I chose the right guy.

You never know anyone until you marry them.

Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.

I do wanna get married. It just sounds great. You get to go grocery shopping together, rent videos, and the kissing and the hugging and the kissing and the hugging under the cozy covers. Mmmm! But sometimes I worry that I don't wanna get married as much as I want to get dipped in a vat of warm, rising bread dough. That might feel pretty good, too.

You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail.

Maybe the point is that any marriage is work, but you may as well pick work that you like.

Men? Sure, I've known lots of them. But I never found one I liked well enough to marry. Besides, I've always been busy with my work. Marriage is a career in itself and to make a success of it you've got to keep working at it. So until I can give the.

get married with the feeling it is going to last. Not like the bride I know who doubled the wedding cake recipe and froze one.

Women do generally manage to love the guys they marry more than they manage to marry the guys they love.

Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it's the biggest career decision you can make.