"Don't even think about it, buster!"
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cupid's arrow, cupid, valentine, valentines, cupids arrow, valentine's day, valentines day, married couple, married couples, turn in, turns in, turning in, turn in early, turning in early, resistant, resistance, shoot, shoots, shooting, shot, married life, married lives, old married couple, old married couples, low sex drive, low sex drives"Take a look - that's us in ninety years."
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animal, animals, tortoise, old married couple, old married couples, old-married-couple, old-married-couples, giant tortoise, tortoises, giant tortoises, turtle, turtles, reptile, reptiles, old, old age, ageing, aging, couple, couples, relationship, relationships, lifespan, wife, wives, husband, husbands, long life, long-life, senior citizen, senior citizens, oap, oaps"Relax, honey - change is good."
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death, grim reaper, black humor, language, clichés, dark humor, dark humour, die, dies, dying, transition, transitions, change, changes, changing, positive change, positive changes, afterlife, afterlives, good change, good changes, married couple, married couples, old married couple, old married couples, mankoff"After you've finished doing what you're doing, could you not begin doing something else?"
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married life, marriage, old married couple, married couple, relationship, relatiohships, snide comment, snide comments, belittle, belittling, unhappy marriage, unhappy relationship, long term relationship, busy, housework, being busy, lazy, laziness, quiet time, downtime, rest, gender stereotype, gendered work, chores, chore, busybody, busybodies, bicker, bickers, bickering, active, active lifestyle, couch potato"Do you think I wanted to get the paper towels with the ugly borders?"
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domestic, domestic life, domestic bliss, married couple, married, married life, grocery, groceries, marriage, old married couple, household, house, houses, home, homely, household chores, chore, chores, paper towel, paper towels, shopping, shopped, men, man, husband, husbands, husbands and wives, wife, wives, nag, nagged, nagging, nags, fishwife"I love you anyway, too."
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, angry, anger, angered, dredging, dredged, young love, trouble, troubled, problem, problems, wit, witty, response, acting, acting skill, marriage counselling, counselling, counselors, marriage counselors, marriage counselor"I figured you'd end up looking like that."
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aging, ageing, aged, growing, growing old, growing older, retirement, old man, old men, retiring, retires, retired, retiree, ugly, ugliness, change, changes, changing, posture, good posture, bad posture, overwork, overworked, over work, over worked, married life, marriage, married, couple, couples, old married couple, bicker, bickering, insult, insulted, i told you so, hate to say i told you so, wife, wives, mean"One of us has to draw the line somewhere, and I draw the line at mall sushi."
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marriage, married, married life, old married couple, husbands and wives, husband and wife, husband, husbands, wife, wives, argue, argued, argument, arguments, arguing, argues, fight, fighting, fights, bicker, bickering, bickered, feeling, feelings, hurt feelings, hurt felling, couple, couples, communication, communicate, communication skills, marriage counselling, counselling, counsellor, advice, help, draw the line, drawing the line, sushi, eating out, out to eat, low standard, low standards, expectation, expectations, lowered, food crime, food crimes, foodie, foodies, food lover, food loversThis is my husband, Leonard, at approximately one-third actual size."
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visual gag, visual gags, married life, married world, husband, husbands, wives, wife, marriage, old married couple, convenience, snack size, snack sized, convenient, small, size, reduce, reduced, shrink, shrinking, shrunk, freud, freudian, oedipal complex, oedipus complex, strange, surreal, child, kid, kids, parallels, parallel"I can't live without you in my life, but I can live without you in my way.''
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, angry, anger, angered, dredging, dredged, young love, trouble, troubled, problem, problems, wit, witty, response, tv, television, t v, distracted, distract, distraction, in the way, in my way, sport, sports, the game, season, football, sport, american football, breakup, break up, breakups, break ups"We've learned so much from each other that you remind me of me."
"We can't even agree on how cold it is."
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, angry, anger, angered, dredging, dredged, young love, trouble, troubled, problem, problems, wit, witty, response, weather, disagree, disagreeing, never right, always wrong"We don't have an attic, so you'll have to keep me in the living room."
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attic, attics, mad woman in the attic, jane eyre, bronte, charlotte bronte, marriage, marriages, married life, old married couple, mad woman, madwomen, mad woman, mad, dysfunctional relationship, dysfunctional relationships, keep, keeping, keeper, relationship, relationships, long term relationships, nineteenth-century novel, nineteenth-century novels, novel, novels, nineteenth-century, tropes, sexist tropes, sexist trope, gender stereotype"Just a minute, Mister. You're not going out of here looking like that."
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cave, caveman, prehistory, prehistoric, pre historic, pre-historic, pre-history, cavemen, neanderthal, neanderthals, homo sapien, homo sapiens, homo erectus, early man, early men, stone age, stone-age, stone ages, stone-ages, dark age, dark-age, iron age, iron ages, bronze age, bronze ages, fashions, fashionable, fashion, married life, husband, husbands, untidy, mess, messy, fur, furs, outfit, wife, wives, marriage, old married couple, appearance, appearances, pun, play on words, word play"I might remind you, John, that 'Lorraine never stops yakking' is not yet grounds for divorce in the state of Ohio."
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marriage, married, married life, old married couple, husbands and wives, husband and wife, husband, husbands, wife, wives, argue, argued, argument, arguments, arguing, argues, fight, fighting, fights, bicker, bickering, bickered, withholding, withheld, reserve, reserved, withdrawn, withdraw, withdraws, feeling, feelings, hurt feelings, hurt feeling, trouble, troubled, rage, raging, enraged, anger, angery, couple, couples, communication, communicate, communication skills, marriage counselling, counselling, counsellor, advice, help, divorce, divorced, divorce proceedings, solicitor"Are you going bowling or is that Prada?"
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bowling, bowling bag, ten-pin bowling, tenpin bowling, bag, bags, handbag, hand bag, handbags, purse, purses, fashion, designer, designers, designer bag, designer bags, fashion faux pas, fashions, fashionable, fashionista, insult, insulting, snide comment, snide comments, relationship, relationships, bad relationship, long-term relationships, marriage, marriages, failing marriage, unhappy marriage, old married couple, belittle, belittling, designer label, designer labels"I'm ready to go whenever you're through fussing with tablescapes."
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, dither, dithering, faff, faffing, wait, waiting, fuss, fussing, married life, marriage, women, woman, wives, wife"I can tell you're upset."
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argue, argued, arguing, argument, arguments, pen, pens, pencil, pencils, stationery, stationary, crayon, crayons, used, used up, indicate, indicative, indicated, obvious, signal, signals, sign, signs, message, messages, mixed messages, literal joke, visual gag, married life, married, old married couple, marriage, scribble, scribbles, upset, angry, sad"Fine. Sit there and check your messages. Perhaps it will give you something to contribute to the conversation."
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, angry, anger, angered, dredging, dredged, young love, trouble, troubled, problem, problems, wit, witty, response, phone, phones, mobile, mobiles, mobile phone, mobile phones, cell, cell phone, cell phones, texting, text, modern life, modern world, tech, gadget, gadgets, dinner party, eating out, out to eat"I'm not losing my memory. I'm living in the now."
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married, married life, marriage, old married couple, age, aged, ageing, ages, old, older, elderly, old age, old people, memory, memories, remember, remembered, miss-remembered, can't remember, bad memory, memory loss, husband, husbands, excuse, excuses, wives, wife, couple, couples, romance, romantic, pretentious, spin, spinning, live in the now, living in the now"O.K., Larry, out with it-who's Mom?"
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argue, argues, argued, argument, arguments, argumentative, tattoo, tattoos, mom, moms, mum, stereotype, stereotypes, stereotypical, cliche, cliches, relationship, problem, problems, envy, envied, envies, jealous, jealousy, trouble in paradise, married life, married couple, married couples, women, jealously, infer, inferred, irony, ironic, ironically, annoy, annoying, annoyed, old married couple"Yes! Paul nails the Edna Vault!"
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old, older, old age, age, aged, ageing, retiree, retired, retiring, retirement, vault, vaulting, vaulted, gymnast, gymnastics, gymnastically, midlife, mid-life, mid life, midlife crisis, mid-life crisis, mid life crisis, crisis, crises, married life, marriage, married, old married couple, couple, couples, love, loving, goofing, goofy, goofing off, have fun, having fun together, fun"You never buy anything I want."
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shop, shopping, grocery shopping, weekly shop, but, buying, buys, food shopping, food shop, grocery shop, grocery store, grocery stores, marketing, marriage, marriages, relationship, relationship, old married couple, old married couples, bicker, bickering, snide comment, snide comments, argue, arguement, argues, arguments, complaint, compliants, complain, complains, complaining, whinge, whinging, whine, whining, gender stereotype, stereotype, stereotypical, stereotypical argument, stereotypical arguments, priority, priorities