“I don't have any jokes about my divorce or my ex-husband, who is a lovely person. It really is about how I was an idiot trying to push this guy to get married when I wasn't even sure if I wanted to.” IfsTryingPersonsWantedGuyHusbandMarriedJokesDivorceLovelyIdiotThis GuyExesEx HusbandLovely Person Author:Jen Kirkman
“When my husband had an affair with someone else I watched his eyes glaze over when we ate dinner together and I heard him singing to himself without me, and when he tended the garden it was not for me. He was courteous and polite; he enjoyed being at home, but in the fantasy of his home I was not the one who sat opposite him and laughed at his jokes. He didn't want to change anything; he liked his life. The only thing he wanted to change was me.” WantHomeEyeWantedTogetherFantasyHeardHusbandSingingJokesGardenOppositesAffairDinnerEnjoyedSatHis EyesMy HusbandLaughedPoliteAdulteryCourteous Book:Sexing the Cherry Source: Sexing the Cherry
“By giving women training to sue a company for a 'hostile environment' if someone tells a dirty joke, we are training women to run to the Government as Substitute Husband (or Father). This gets companies to fear women, but not to respect women. The best preparation we can give women to succeed in the workplace is the preparation to overcome barriers rather than to sue: successful people don't sue, they succeed.” PeopleIfsGivingGovernmentRunningFatherCompanySuccessfulEnvironmentSucceedHusbandTrainingJokesOvercomingPreparationDirtyBarriersSubstitutesSuccessful PeopleWorkplaceHostileRespect WomenDirty JokesHostile Environment Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“Men often joke about this assignment (I Peter 3:7): 'Who can understand a woman?' God has answered the question loud and clear. You can. You can understand a woman. Husbands can understand wives if they will take the time and energy to focus on them as feminine persons who need their husbands' honor.” IfsMenNeedsPersonsEnergyClearFocusWifeHonorHusbandJokesLoudFemininePeterAssignmentsTime And Energy Author:Stu Weber
“Thanks to feminism, women can now acquire status in two ways: through marriage or their own achievements. Cure cancer or marry the man who does, either way society will applaud. Unless he marries into the British royal family, it doesn't work that way for men. Wives shed no glory on their husbands. Having tea with Nancy Reagan is an honor; having tea with Denis Thatcher is a joke.” MenWayDoeTwoWifeFeminismHe ManHonorHusbandAchievementGloryJokesCancerBritishCuresThanksTeaAcquireShedRoyalTwo WaysNancyRoyal Family Author:Katha Pollitt
“I am a crazy online shopper. My husband always jokes, Another box arrived! Airplanes used to be my sanctuary for reading books, but now I have to peruse Gilt sales.” BookUsedReadingCrazyHusbandJokesBoxesUsed To BeOnlineMy HusbandReading BooksAirplaneSanctuaryShoppers Author:Lisa Ling
“My husband jokes that I'll invite people over for dinner and he won't know who they are or where I met them. But in my work world, I've never really been tempted to tell too much of my story.” PeopleKnowsWorldStoriesToo MuchMetsHusbandJokesDinnerMy HusbandInvitesTempted Author:Carrie-Anne Moss
“I rely on some words that actually my husband said to me. He jokes about saying, "You know it's only darkest before it's totally black!" Even in my darkest hour - and my darkest hour was probably when I lost both my parents - I look to him and I see what he has endured, what he has overcome, what he is doing with his life, and just how he's lived his life.” KnowsLooksSaidLostParentBlackHoursHusbandJokesOvercomingRelyMy HusbandDarkest Hour Author:Cindy McCain
“Love's a weird one, isn't it? I've never told my husband Graham that I love him. He's never told me either. I think it started as a bit of a joke. We just decided never to say it.” ThinkingBitsHusbandJokesDecidedMy HusbandI Love Him Author:Sarah Beeny
“I love belts. My husband always jokes with me, because he always calls me out on my belts, he's always like, "Just belt it, like you always say."” Love IsLike YouHusbandJokesCall MeMy HusbandBelts Author:Olivia Palermo
“So many people joke that life with me - a professed lifelong penny pincher - must be tough. But [my husband] is a great money manager. And he helps me let go of my fear of spending while still being frugal.” PeopleStillsHelpingHusbandLetting GoJokesToughSpendingManagersHelp MeMy HusbandLifelongPenniesFrugalGreat Money Author:Michelle Singletary
“I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I happened to write some jokes about it. I did real well for myself.” WritingFirstsWellsRealHardGovernmentHappenedHusbandJokesAdultsRaisedMy HusbandCheese Author:Roseanne Barr