Recipe to a Happy Marriage
 

Anybody have a recipe for happy marriages.

Mine is
A cup of respect
2 cups of humbleness
1/2 cup of creative
2 cups of compromise
2 cups of love
4 cups of God
Teaspoon of forgiving
1 1/2 cups of keeping like it was before

1 Ingredient:

One Gallon of live in separate residences

:p

that was cute ok I'll take that. :)

If I'm not mistaken, that is what Angela Basset and Courtney Vance does.

That's my plan, if I ever decide to get married.

Yes, that is their arrangement. And if I ever fall and bump my head and decide to go against all sense of reason and get married again, I will also have the same arrangement. I am so serious about maintaining separate residences.

Ok.......How will that work?

You call him on the phone, talking seductive, "Hey why dont you come next door and hook your wife up?"

He comes over, you do your thing. You tell him to get his clothes and get out?

While I think that you marriage would definately work (no issues about house work or who left the toilet seat up) I think that the relationship may play out like a really committed boyfriend.

Could you be happy with that type of arrangement?

I used to say this all the time. Right now I can't see it because I'm in love to a sickening extent, but I sure can resort back to it if we get married and he's on my nerves! :p

I feel you on this!!! I look forward to the evenings he's in class or the weekends he has to put in a few extra hours so I can have the house all to myself. My time to ack a fool in front of the mirror and prance about the house like a ballerina. But I ain't gonna lie, I can't stand it when he's outta town and i'm home by myself at night. I can do it for a few hours but overnight, I miss him dearly.

...you is so wrong for this, Skee. :eek:

It works the same way it works with a boyfriend. Do you kick your boyfriend out if he comes over and you are intimate? I think not. It really isn't a difficult concept. And, clearly if I am promoting it, I would be more pleased with it than a traditional marital housing arrangement.

LOL, I'm for real Pham. I wouldn't have it any other way. Just like the pre-nup I would demand, this arrangement would be non-negotiable.

Not necessarily but knock yourself out.

Thanks for your blessing :rolleyes:

A Pre-nup? What the...
 

A pre-nup? :eek:

Just a rhetorical question for you: How can a woman say to a man (or vice versa), "I love you", when you are hedging your bets? Isn't pre-nups by design the antithesis of love?

That is one thing I have never understood....

I am definitely getting a pre-nup. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

Re: A Pre-nup? What the...
 

We have a thread regarding pre-nups.

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^^^Hence the question being rhetorical. Just food for thought since Skee brought it up.

Carry on...

You're welcome. Anytime I can help let me know.

:rolleyes:

YOU help me? Laughable.

You win
 

You can carry on with little back and forths about nothing by yourself now. You win.

passion
love
intimacy
honesty
appreciation
laughter
committment
respect
selflessness
understanding

dont have time to figure out the ratios so be generous:D

BAWAHAHAHA!!! :D

Hi-five on that one, soror! I'm the type of person that *THRIVES* on time spent alone. I'd be like, "Dayum, negro! Don't you have somewhere *ELSE* to be?!" :rolleyes: :p

I can't stand to have people all up under me and in my face 24/7/365...friends, family, SOs...you name it.

I heard that.

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Pre-nups??? We are trying saves marriages not break them up :)

I'm for pre-nups if the parties are coming in with their own stuff, meaning already established. However for me and my fiance, we got where we are right now because of help from each other. Every thing we own the other person owns half. It would have been harder to get my degrees without his support and he's getting his degree now with my support. Since we've been together all of our adult lives, I wouldn't think to ask for a prenup.

But on the space thing I'm all for that. Some weekends I'm like, " you not doing anything with the boys???" Go some where, PUHLEASE!!!

2 Quarts of Keep Your Family/Friends Out of Our Business

AMEN I forgot about that one and learned that the hard way. :) :) :)

This may be a dumb question...but how do pre-nups really work?

Other than the couples not having to pay alimony and being able to keep their stuff after they split.

How does this work with things purchased together?

I'm kind of ignorant on this topic. My parents split, did not have a pre-nup but my Dad seemed to have gotten the better bargain after the divorce. Mom made significantly less than he did and all he was required was to pay child support.

In cases like this, I would not know if a pre-nup would have been a good or bad thing.

:confused:

Make that 2 GALLONS!!! :D ;) 'Cuz you know fam and "friends" will always wanna be all up in yo' bidnezz when it hits the fan. :p

I dont know either but it seem like people are always getting over them through loopholes.

LOL!!!

Give him a sammich and send him on his merry way!

At least you won't have to fight over who's gonna sleep in the wet spot afterwards LOL!

Wow, not really sure but I know that you determine the terms like I think Holly Barry had one that stated if you cheat then you get nothing. Or you could state things purchased together whoever gets or wants the item must buy the other person out. It all depends on how its written from my understanding but don't quote me I am not a lawyer. I hope that information helped.

AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! That's fuuuuuunnnnnnnyyyyyyyy!!!

But what kinna sammich do you give him: Hamancheese or peanutbutteranjelly? :p

;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;). Neither turkey bacon and egg

:D So wrong. So very wrong.

With or without the Miracle Whip? 'Cuz you know a sammich ain't a sammich without the tangy zip of Miracle Whip. :D :p

ROFL

LOL!!!

Give him PB & J because he might get greedy and ask for some
Di'Gorno swiss cheese...nah fool, you gets KRAFT cheese!!!

Can't have you eating my good cheese!

And after getting the sandwich he's gonna want something to drink because his throat is parched~give him some water. Not your bottled water, either. Tap water!! Don't let him ask for some of your Minute Maid Berry Punch, that is too good to give away!

Oh no, it's time for him to go! He is gonna get your blood pressure up!

:mad: :p :mad:

No, a nucca will be getting the store brand cheese slices, not the Kraft.

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And after getting the sandwich he's gonna want something to drink because his throat is parched~give him some water. Not your bottled water, either. Tap water!! Don't let him ask for some of your Minute Maid Berry Punch, that is too good to give away! :mad: :p :mad:

Yeah, the tap water should do it. Be sure it's in a plastic cup, not the good china. :p