by Lawrence Bush
Long-term marriages rank with fools, barflies and traveling salesmen as a classic butt of American jokes.
I married her 60 years ago, and right away I knew it was a mistake!
Their punch lines testify to nagging, sniping, dissatisfaction and the loss of romance. Their baseline assumption is that a lengthy marriage is sexless or, at best, sexually worn out.
Darling, do you remember the first time we made love?
-- Hell, I can't remember the last time!
These days, there's a new rack of clever, grim headlines for comedians to invent:
"Maria & Arnold: Terminated!"
"IMF head sits in jail, waiting for a bail-out"
Meanwhile, I'm sitting at home, practicing my punditry and wondering why it is that after 36 years with the same woman -- with whom I have made love more than 3,000 times -- there's nothing I'd like better right now than to go into the next room to strip off her clothes.
Long-term marriages rank with fools, barflies and traveling salesmen as a classic butt of American jokes.
I married her 60 years ago, and right away I knew it was a mistake!
Their punch lines testify to nagging, sniping, dissatisfaction and the loss of romance. Their baseline assumption is that a lengthy marriage is sexless or, at best, sexually worn out.Darling, do you remember the first time we made love?
-- Hell, I can't remember the last time!
These days, there's a new rack of clever, grim headlines for comedians to invent:
"Maria & Arnold: Terminated!"
"IMF head sits in jail, waiting for a bail-out"
Meanwhile, I'm sitting at home, practicing my punditry and wondering why it is that after 36 years with the same woman -- with whom I have made love more than 3,000 times -- there's nothing I'd like better right now than to go into the next room to strip off her clothes.
