“I learned the importance of a man's chair early in life. I learned that he may love several wives, embrace several cars, be true to more than one political philosophy, and be equally committed to several careers, but he will have only one comfortable chair in his life. I learned it will be an ugly chair. It will match nothing in the entire house. It will never wear out.” MenMayPhilosophyPoliticalHouseCareersWifeCarComfortableImportanceEmbraceCommittedUglyBeing TrueChairsFurniturePolitical Philosophy Author:Erma Bombeck
“In the rush of complex modern living, we have a tendency to laugh at the 'bring-Papa-his-pipe-and-slippers' approach to marriage - but most men are more than a little wistful at its demise. A man dreams of home as a haven and his wife as a romantic, fragrant creature whose most important goal in life is making him comfortable.” MenLittlesImportantHomeDreamLife IsGoalLaughingWifeModernHavensCreaturesComfortableApproachComplexesTendenciesPipeLife GoalDemisePapaSlippers Author:Arlene Dahl
“My wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home, or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.” HomeWould BeWifeBabyComfortableMy WifeHospitalsNurseTerrificHaving A BabyMidwife Author:Chris Bohjalian
“Our ability to fall in love requires enough comfort with our masculinity to join it with someone's femininity and feel enhanced. .. . If our mother made us feel secure and proud in our masculinity, then we want to find that again in our wife. If we are really comfortable with our mother, we can even marry a woman who is a friend rather than an adversary, and form a true partnership.” IfsWantFeelsMadeEnoughFormMotherFallAbilityWifeProudComfortComfortableFalling In LoveSecurePartnershipMasculinityFemininityAdversaries Author:Frank Pittman
“Geniuses are horrid, intolerant, easily offended, sleeplessly self-conscious men, who expect their wives to be angels with no further business in life than to pet and worship their husbands. Even at the best they are not comfortable men to live with; and a perfect husband is one who is perfectly comfortable to live with.” MenSelfPerfectWifeGeniusHusbandComfortableWorshipConsciousAngelPetOffendedSelf ConsciousEasily OffendedPerfect Husband Author:George Bernard Shaw
“My wife and I are like twins and that is a great and a terrible thing for a marriage. It makes for the most comfortable thing in the world to be truly known and loved, but also makes for a lot of conflict and that's how we roll in my house.” WorldHouseKnownWifeTerribleConflictComfortableMy WifeTwinsTerrible Things Author:Mark Duplass