[old and tired]

This Valentine's Day, my wife made the observation that the cards for husbands were, on the whole, much nicer. She tells me that they're usually full of digs, supposedly funny and she'll have a difficult time finding one for me. But this year, they were all complimentary or at least mutual digs (e.g. "we may not look like we used to"). We were wondering if it's because the men who trouble themselves to marry these days are no longer marrying the harpies.

I have also noticed that the wives of high earning men NEVER belittle their husbands in front of them. I think that also is a circle. The more the wife respects the husband, the more the husband feels compelled to earn.

[Hardastarboard]

Read an article on the internet a while back that said a near 100 percent predictor of divorce is contempt. If the couple had contempt for each other, or one spouse for the other, they were almost certainly headed for divorce. Makes sense. Who would stay with someone they feel contempt for?

[gr8eman]

Valentine’s Day is not a real holiday. Just the bastardization of a saints day to make money off of those stupid cards.