A Kid's View on Marriage

A Kid's View on Marriage
What Exactly Is Marriage?

• "Marriage is when you get to keep your girl and don't have to give her back to her parents" - Eric, six years old
• "When somebody's been dating for a while, the boy might propose to the girl. He says to her, 'I'll take you for a whole life, or at least until we have kids and get divorced, but you got to do one particular thing for me.' Then she says yes, but she's wondering what the thing is and whether it's naughty or not. She can't wait to find out." - Anita, nine years old

How Does a Person Decide Whom to Marry?

• "You flip a nickel, and heads means you stay with him and tails means you try the next one." - Kelly, nine years old
• "My mother says to look for a man who is kind... That's what I'll do... I'll find somebody who's kinda tall and handsome." - Carolyn, eight years old

Concerning the Proper Age to Get Married

• "Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife" -Bert, five years old

How Did Your Mom and Dad Meet?

• "They were at a dance party at a friend's house. Then they went for a drive, but their car broke down... It was a good thing, because it gave them a chance to find out about their values." -Lottie, nine years old
• "My father was doing some strange chores for my mother. They won't tell me what kind." - Jeremy, eight years old

What Do Most People Do on a Date?

• "On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date." - Martin, ten years old
• "Many daters just eat pork chops and french fries and talk about love." - Craig, nine years old

When Is It Okay to Kiss Someone?

• "You should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to buy her a ring and her own VCR, 'cause she'll want to have videos of the wedding." - Allan, ten years old
• "Never kiss in front of other people. It's a big embarrassing thing if anybody sees you... If nobody sees you, I might be willing to try it with a handsome boy, but just for a few hours." - Kally, nine years old

The Great Debate: Is It Better to Be Single or Married?

• "You should ask the people who read Cosmopolitan" - Kirsten, ten years old
• "It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need somebody to clean up after them" - Anita, nine years old
• "It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." - Will, seven years old

Baby's Motto

Q: What's a baby's motto?
A: If at first you don't succeed - cry, cry again!

Washing The Dog!

Washing the dog a young boy, about eight years old, walks into the local grocery store and picks out a huge box of laundry detergent. The grocer walked over, and trying to be friendly, asked the boy if he had a lot of laundry to do. "Oh, no laundry," the boy said, "I'm going to wash my dog!"
"But you shouldn't use this to wash your dog. It's very powerful and if you wash your dog in this, he'll get sick. In fact, it might even kill him."
But the boy was not to be stopped and carried the detergent to the counter and paid for it, even as the grocer still tried to talk him out of washing his dog. About a week later the boy was back in the store to buy some candy. The grocer asked the boy how his dog was doing.
"Oh, he died", the boy said sadly. The grocer, trying not to be an I-told-you-so, said he was sorry the dog died but added,
"I tried to tell you not to use that detergent on your dog!"
"Well," the boy replied, "I don't think it was the detergent that killed him."
"Oh? What was it then?"
"I think it was the spin cycle!"