Category: Marriage
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Does a Full-Time Homemaker Swap Her Mind for a Mop?
Dennis Prager's latest column. It put me in mind of Lydia McGrew.
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Al-Ghazzali on Choosing a Wife
Here are the attributes al-Ghazzali recommends seeking in a prospective wife. (Alchemy of Happiness, p. 96 ff.) 1. Chastity2. Good disposition3. Beauty ("See a woman before marrying her.")4. The sum paid by the husband should be moderate5. She should not be barren6. Of good stock7. Not previously married8. Not too nearly related to her husband.…
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For My Divorced Friends
A little poem by Dorothy Parker: CommentOh, life is a glorious cycle of song,A medley of extemporanea;And love is a thing that can never go wrong;And I am Marie of Roumania. (From the front matter of Joseph Epstein, Divorced in America:Marriage in an Age of Possibility, E. P. Dutton, 1974.)
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Thoughts on Marriage
Dennis Prager and Michael Medved are my favorite AM band talk jocks. Both intelligent and wise, they raise the level of the general culture unlike toxin-merchants such as Howard Stern who lower it. He's no star in my firmament. Prager and Medved know that they have a moral obligation not to add to the cultural pollution.…
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Not Uxorious, but Appreciative
Having paid tribute to WD-40, the least I can do is pay tribute, once again, to my wife. She may not be a solvent, but she contributes mightily to my being solvent. As for marriage, it is a good thing if one enters into it for the right reasons, at the right time, and after due…