“And then there's this guy, Barack Obama, who lost - I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures, but - he lost his first race for Congress, and now he gets to call himself my husband.” FirstsWholeGuyLostRaceTalkingHusbandCongressBarackMy HusbandAfternoonThis Guy Author:Michelle Obama
“I work mornings only. I go out to lunch. Afternoons I play with the baby, walk with my husband, or shovel mail.” PlayWalksMorningBabyHusbandMy HusbandLunchAfternoonMailShovels Author:Annie Dillard
“In the '80s, I thought I'd be a success as a woman if I were the president of a billion dollar company, had a sensitive soul-mate husband, two bilingual children, buns of steels, and a compost heap. In the '90s, I pretty much feel I'm a success if I can get through the afternoon without eating a cheesecake.” IfsFeelsChildrenI CanTwoSoulPresidentCompanyHusbandEatingDollarsBillionsSensitiveMatesAfternoonSteel80sSoul MateBunsCompostCheesecake Author:Cathy Guisewite
“There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.” PeopleIfsMenLoveLifeYearsTwoEndsDeathWifeRelationshipHusbandSuicideNovelistsAfternoonLove Each OtherHusband And WifeWidowsEnd Of LifeLoneliness And SolitudeGood WifeWidowhoodRelationships Ending Book:Death in the Afternoon Source: Death in the Afternoon
“When [Len Wiseman and I] first met, I was a huge fan of the 'Alien' movies. I was a huge 'Die Hard' fan until it ate my husband for two years. We sit and watch movies all the time. One of my favorite movies is 'Dog's Day Afternoon.' Len loves that movie.” YearsFirstsTwoHardDiesWatchesFansDogHugeMetsHusbandMy FavoriteAliensTwo YearsMy HusbandAfternoonWatch MovieAliens Movie Author:Kate Beckinsale
“We all have those moments where we realize how easily our lives could be so different, for better or for worse. I met my husband at a gym in NYC! What if I'd joined a different gym? What if I hadn't worked out in the afternoons? These questions are endless.” IfsDifferentMomentsRealizingOur LivesMetsHusbandEndlessWhat IfMy HusbandGymAfternoonNyc Author:Allison Winn Scotch
“An interesting example is that the worst woman in the book, who is so cruel and violent, is the sorceress in "The Prince of the Black Islands." She's a beautiful young woman, and she has turned her husband into stone from the waist down. A traveling sultan finds him, in his dreadful state, and the man petrified from the waist down tells his sad story...how his wife comes every afternoon and beats him until the blood runs down. She's just unwontedly, arbitrarily cruel.” MenBookStatesStoriesRunningBeautifulYoungBlackInterestingWifeBloodWorstExampleHe ManHusbandBeatsStonesViolentIslandsAfternoonYoung WomenSad StorySorceress Author:Marina Warner