Surmounting Marriage
Surmounting Marriage
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Before agreeing to marry my husband Mark, I asked him the usual questions:
- Do you know what a hamper is and have you ever actually used one?
- Do you spend weekends sprawled in front of a sports-spewing screen, devouring couch potato chips?
- Are your parents likely to drive me to drink?
Mark told the appropriate fibs, I pretended to believe him, and several months later we wed. But soon after the wedding, I realized I’d forgotten to ask the most important question of all: When you see a mountain, do you get an irresistible urge to do something stupid? (Surmounting Marriage is continued here.)[tags]Mountain Climbing, Outdoor Humor, Husband Wife Relationship Humor, Marriage Satire, [/tags]
My husband enjoys rock climbing. It is a bit scary to me to think of him partaking in this sport, but I knew before he was a rock climber.
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I enjoyed this! I understand my problem now. I forgot to ask my husband those 3 crucial questions!
Great stuff MadKane!
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Welcome to the sixty-fifth Storyblogging Carnival. We had five entries this time, one from a new authors. I didn’t have a lot of time to put into this one, since I’m gone for today and had to get up really early. Still, I’m sure the authors put p…
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Thanks so much Polli! and my sympathies Lisa:)
Mooning Mormons, especially in Utah, is dangerous business!
I like it. That is funny, women see just a bunch of trees in the woods. We men see our caged nomad instincts being fulfilled by hanging, climbing or careering down a cliff like madmen.
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[...] Madeleine Begun Kane presents Surmounting Marriage posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog. [...]
[...] Madeleine Begun Kane presents Surmounting Marriage posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog. [...]
[...] Madeleine Begun Kane presents Surmounting Marriage posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog. [...]
Fabulous tale! As Kerouac said, “The only people for me are the mad ones…..” I am delighted to find your site. Now, off to the Mad Poll.
jodi barone
http://www.wildvines.blogspot.com
Great tale, reminds me of a similar story that I will write about sometime :)