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He's engaged to be married to Stiffy Byng, and his long years of football should prove an excellent preparation for setting up house with her. The way I look at it is that when a fellow has had plug-uglies in cleated boots doing a Shuffle-off-to-Buffalo on his face Saturday after Saturday since he was a slip of a boy, he must get to fear nothing, not even marriage with a girl like Stiffy, who from early childhood has seldom let the sun go down without starting some loony enterprise calculated to bleach the hair of one and all.

P. G. Wodehouse#173

HumorMarriageAdviceHardshipPreparationResilience

About this quote

What does it mean?
A past of physical toughness prepares a man for the challenges of marriage.
In plain terms
Playing rough sports makes him ready for a chaotic wife.
What can you take from it?
Past hardships can prepare you for tough futures.

Where it applies

  • marriage advice
  • predicting challenges

Putting it to work

  • framing marriage
  • character building

Questions to consider

  • What prepares us for love?
  • Is marriage a fight?

Another view

It equates marriage with combat in a dated way.

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