WHAT WAS THE “THIS MARRIAGE ISN’T GOING TO LAST LONG” MOMENT? _ As a wedding guest, what was the “this marriage isn’t going to last long” moment?
• When the bride told me, “We can always get divorced’ before walking down the aisle. I lived with them in college and they were not a compatible couple.
• They had two kids and when they got divorced, their oldest (9 at the time) said, “I’m sad we won’t share the same roof, but happy the yelling will end.”
• It was when the groom left to go get drunk with his boys, and the bride was left cleaning up tables at the reception.
• At the kiss at the altar, the bride broke free from the kiss as if she was disgusted. Everyone saw it.
• When it was time for the couple to exchange vows, the groom started to say something about “bringing out a special guest,” and the bride blurted out “No, we talked about this. I will walk out.” Apparently he wanted to have his ventriloquist dummy give his vows. He must have kept bringing out the dummy in inappropriate situations, because she left him three months later.
• I was a guest at a wedding where I didn’t know the couple but my date did. At dinner she casually mentioned how they were only together for five months, three of which they were engaged. Sure enough, seven months later they were living apart waiting to get divorced. I was at a barbecue with both of them and they came with separate dates and acted like they were never married.
YOU’RE KISSING ALL WRONG, ACCORDING TO MOST OF THE WORLD _ If someone likes you — really, really likes you — you’d expect them to part their lips and pull you in for a close one, right? But according to research, kissing isn’t considered romantic and/or sexual all over the globe. In a study (in American Anthropologist) researchers laid out what they found after studying lip-to-lip kissing in 168 different cultures.
… After gathering data from a wide range of geographical locations, historical backgrounds, and social structures, scientists found that we’ve been taking our kissing for granted. Of the 168 cultures they studied, 91 of them — or 51 percent — did not kiss romantically. The reason why we assumed everyone would? Scientists chalk it up to our “Western ethnocentrism.” In other words, thinking, “Well, we like it, so everyone else must, too.”
WE HAVE LOADS OF FIGHTS ABOUT DISHES _ The average household will see 217 arguments a year about dishes. A study asked those who own dishwashers about what dishwashing habits make them tick. From arguments on who should load and empty the dishwasher, leaving dishes in the sink to soak, pre-rinsing dishes before loading up the washer, and even the dreaded habit of leaving dishes in the sink — households see an average of 18 dish-based arguments a month. The top dish-based arguments each month:
• Who should empty the dishwasher
• Leaving dishes to soak in the sink
• Who should load the dishwasher
• Pre-rinsing dishes before putting them in the dishwasher
• Leaving dishes in the sink when the dishwasher is empty
