“When I was young, I had a list of things that I wanted in a husband. I knew what he should read and what sports he should like and blah, blah, blah. But the truth is, that the list was a shocking mirror image of me. You want to marry yourself when you are young. All the things you think are so urgently important, when you get older, you discover they don't have anything to do with love.” ThinkingWantShouldImportantWantedYoungSportsTruth IsHusbandMirrorsListsShockingBlahMirror Image Author:Nora Ephron
“The truth is despite the hard work and juggling required to keep the different facets of the frantic life afloat, the "superwoman"has one marvelous compensation. Being busy and being seen to be busy lets you off the hook. Buys you a way out of all aspects of your many roles you secretly despiselike cleaning cupboardsor entertaining your husband's business friends. When you combine wife, mother, career and all, each role become the perfect excuse for avoiding the worst aspects of the other.” WayDifferentHardMotherWomenWorkPerfectCareersRolesWifeWorstHard WorkTruth IsHusbandAspectBusyExcuseDespiteEntertainingMarvelousAvoidingHookCleaningCompensationFacetsYour HusbandFranticJugglingBeing BusySuperwomanWife Mother Author:Bettina Arndt
“There are some people who want me and my husband to stay where it is safe and draw a paycheck every week instead of what we are doing (which is creating and sharing our art with others). The truth is that there are people in this world - Dave and I being two - who would die a slow painful death if stuck in an office and made to do the kind of work that we are not made to do.” PeopleIfsWorldWantKindArtMadeTwoDiesWeekThis WorldTruth IsSafeHusbandOfficeCreatingDrawsPainfulStuckMy HusbandWant MePaychecksDavePainful Death Author:Mary Engelbreit
“The stark truth is that as long as the welfare state makes it possible for young women - or teenage girls - to have children without a husband and survive without a job, out-of-wedlock births will remain ruinously high, and the inner city will continue to be marked by crime, poverty, and despair.” ChildrenLongStatesJobsYoungGirlCitiesPovertyCrimeBirthTruth IsHusbandDespairWelfareYoung WomenTeenageStarksWelfare StateInner CityTeenage GirlWedlock Book:Libertarianism: A Primer Source: Libertarianism: A Primer
“I wouldn't want someone assuming that some negative song has some truth between me and my wife. There was a song that one of my buddies sent me, and it was an awesome song. It was about this woman who had fallen in love with a man that wasn't her husband, and I love everything about the song except for the fact that I personally cannot sing it. It would kill me if someone thought I was singing it about my wife.” IfsMenWantFactsSongWifeTruth IsHusbandSingingNegativeAssumingMy WifeFallenKill MeBuddy Author:Aaron Watson
“Some husbands think, "This is my wife," or a parent thinks "This is my child." From a spiritual perspective, this is a misconception. The higher truth is: "This wife is God's beloved daughter, entrusted in my care. And the way I serve God is by giving her respect, protection, appreciation and empowerment. This is what God wants me to give his child."” ThinkingGivingChildrenCareSpiritualParentWifePerspectiveTruth IsHusbandDaughterEmpowermentAppreciationMy WifeProtectionMy ChildrenBelovedWant MeServing GodMisconception Author:Radhanath Swami
“I don't have a desire to do reality. Because my truth is not what people are responding to. My truth is funny; I laugh with my husband every day.” PeopleRealityDesireLaughingTruth IsHusbandMy HusbandRespondingMy Truth Author:Niecy Nash