A comic once said, ‘My wife and I share all the responsibilities. She handles the kids, the house, and the finances, and I handle the big stuff, like getting up the leaves in fall and the car inspection, what to do with the moon, launching the space shuttle, stuff like that.’
Marriage seems to be mostly a process of adaptation -adjusting one’s views to include a partner’s opinions or the reverse. Sometimes one gets it right, sometimes not. So long as the outcome includes love, respect, and frequent hugs, - as ours has for many years — life is good.
When you have two strong-willed, opinionated people sharing their love and their life – one with a firey Latin temperament and the other with an explosive Irish temper – one a Tauran and the other a Scorpian – there’s bound to be some very spirited conversations and discussions. Life is never boring or dull in our household! Strangely, given our personalities, there’s much more peace and harmony in our home than discord. Disagreements are usually quickly and amicably settled – without setting off World War III.
One thing marriage has taught me … winning isn’t everything.
I don’t talk about the illustrations she creates beyond saying that I like them and she does not talk about oncology beyond making getting regular check ups.
allen@home over 1 year ago
Glad to see you know your place, Earl. What’s that old saying. Happy wife happy life.
C over 1 year ago
More of a cult than a marriage
zekepotato over 1 year ago
My wife found a refrigerator magnet that reads “Marriage is a relationship where one person is always right and the other is the husband.”
Wilde Bill over 1 year ago
He is teaching Nelson the reason why he shouldn’t ever marry.
Doug K over 1 year ago
It’s a good thing that they’re together … so whenever he starts think otherwise, she’s always there to remind him.
Macushlalondra over 1 year ago
That’s right Earl, just remember that. And can you teach it to my husband?
sergioandrade Premium Member over 1 year ago
And to repeat myself, if for any highly unlikely reason you should happen to be right, apologize immediately.
yoey1957 over 1 year ago
Tsunami…..The T is silent. Honest…..The H is silent. Psychology…..The P is silent. Knife…..The K is silent.Wife…..The Husband is silent.
PraiseofFolly over 1 year ago
Earl is like a philosopher. A kind of Confuse-Us. And Nelson on his own path is a Kiddhartha.
gbars70 over 1 year ago
Nelson is so fortunate to have his grandparents so close by…
Sanspareil over 1 year ago
My wife and I have the exact opposite, we argue forever and only give way when proven wrong!
I and her like that, we get a good sense of reality which is refreshing!
iggyman over 1 year ago
Well said, Earl!
sandpiper over 1 year ago
A comic once said, ‘My wife and I share all the responsibilities. She handles the kids, the house, and the finances, and I handle the big stuff, like getting up the leaves in fall and the car inspection, what to do with the moon, launching the space shuttle, stuff like that.’
sandpiper over 1 year ago
Marriage seems to be mostly a process of adaptation -adjusting one’s views to include a partner’s opinions or the reverse. Sometimes one gets it right, sometimes not. So long as the outcome includes love, respect, and frequent hugs, - as ours has for many years — life is good.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
“We disagree sometimes”…as evidenced by Nelson yesterday, at a volume loud enough for him to hear…
FJB Premium Member over 1 year ago
When my wife and I have an argument, I always get the last word in, and that word is “sorry”.
Lee26 Premium Member over 1 year ago
“As long as she keeps feeding me”, right, Earl?
ilikai over 1 year ago
I thought I was the only one with that marriage
goboboyd over 1 year ago
As long as she doesn’t bite your head off.
cleokaya over 1 year ago
Tell me about it. I know am in the same boat, my friend
johnjoyce over 1 year ago
This makes me sad if it’s how some couples exist.
prrdh over 1 year ago
So, the standard gender roles in a traditional marriage.
rickmac1937 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Got that right I got one of them too Earl
Snolep over 1 year ago
How different this strip would be if it were written by a woman!
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Nelson is learning tricks of the trade….
Linguist over 1 year ago
When you have two strong-willed, opinionated people sharing their love and their life – one with a firey Latin temperament and the other with an explosive Irish temper – one a Tauran and the other a Scorpian – there’s bound to be some very spirited conversations and discussions. Life is never boring or dull in our household! Strangely, given our personalities, there’s much more peace and harmony in our home than discord. Disagreements are usually quickly and amicably settled – without setting off World War III.
One thing marriage has taught me … winning isn’t everything.
zeexenon over 1 year ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0txxhkpbL0
ANIMAL over 1 year ago
Awwwwwwwww……. he admits it WITHOUT her around.
Teto85 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I don’t talk about the illustrations she creates beyond saying that I like them and she does not talk about oncology beyond making getting regular check ups.
Redd Panda over 1 year ago
Earls living a life, where Death would be a release.
BJP over 1 year ago
If a husband speaks in the forest, and there’s no one there to hear him, is he still wrong?
jconnors3954 over 1 year ago
Sure you don’t mean mirage?
heathcliff2 over 1 year ago
Someone must give. Don’t feel too sorry for Earl. He is close to expert with refreshing reality checks as well as the right time and place.
adutcher1945 over 1 year ago
Love it!
KEA over 1 year ago
That’s not a marriage, it’s slavery
dearlep65 over 1 year ago
My life exactly.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 1 year ago
It is good when a man knows his place in life.