Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This joke suggests marriage lacks security and compares it to a useless object.
- In plain terms
- Marriage doesn't promise safety, unlike a battery.
- What can you take from it?
- Use humor to point out the uncertainty in marriage.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What expectations do we bring to marriage?
Another view
The analogy may be overly cynical for some readers.
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