
What Are Some Overlooked Signs That A Marriage Won't Last?
What are the marriage "red flags" that no one talks about?
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What are the marriage "red flags" that no one talks about?
We want to know what it's really like...
"I HATE open-concept bathrooms without doors, with doorless showers, and with massive freestanding tubs. I don't want to know about someone doing their business, let alone see it."
"I would never buy anything marketed as a 'detox,' 'cleanse,' or the like. Our kidneys, liver, gut, and lungs get rid of most of what we don't need. With these products, at best, you're getting an expensive laxative. At worst, they can contain dangerous plants or drugs not on the label."
"Meal delivery services. We tried it. It just felt like paying the most for the least. I can go to Costco and get staple foods that won't require an hour-long commitment and come with truly horrendous pita bread."
"Teachers aren't being valued. If people valued us, we'd have better wages. They would listen to our needs. Parents would support us, and kids would treat us with more respect."
"The kid's family was obscenely wealthy. When he turned 13, his parents chartered a plane and took the entire class to Europe for a long weekend."
Because some things are better left in the past...
I'm SO over open-concept floor plans. 🙄
"Separate the kitchen from the rest of the house with proper WALLS and DOORS! If you cook frequently, keeping odors from spilling into the entire home is necessary."
"If you call an ambulance, you will NOT be seen faster in the emergency department. If you call for something that could be handled at an urgent care or primary physician's office, or didn't need care at all, you will be sent to the waiting room and triaged."
"The kid's family was obscenely wealthy. When he turned 13, his parents chartered a plane and took the entire class to Europe for a long weekend."
"Dentist here. STOP SMOKING. Smoking leads to bad oral health and mouth cancers. Bad oral health can lead to blood infections, endocarditis, cardiovascular disease, pneumonia, pregnancy complications, etc. Just stop."
"Meal delivery services. We tried it. It just felt like paying the most for the least. I can go to Costco and get staple foods that won't require an hour-long commitment and come with truly horrendous pita bread."
"I never made it through a single shift without at least one person in tears."
"I gave him an ultimatum after six years of dating, and after, he said he still didn’t know if he wanted to marry me. He finally proposed, and he asked me how I felt. 'Happy!' I exclaimed. 'You?' I asked. He replied, 'This is a big commitment...' Not the answer you’d want during a proposal."
"The hardest part is when you marry the wrong man and don't realize it for 38 years. I sometimes wonder what I would have done with all those years if I'd walked a different path."
"I was a nurse assisting with a simple vasectomy, and the doctor was having trouble differentiating the vas deferens from the testicular artery. I stopped him just before he cut the artery. If he cut that, the testicle would die...not to mention make a very bloody mess."
"Entertainment centers! Remember those cool entertainment centers where your TV, stereo, etc., lived? Some even had doors so you could hide the TV when you wanted to. I hate the giant TV floating in space concept we have now. So ugly."