Do you know, I have got this far in life without ever reading Hello Magazine. Strange I know, but somehow, briefly glancing at the cover has always been enough for me.
Brangelina has (have) put on two milligrams in weight, (fat shock horror) Victoria Poshham Chips A Nail, Madonna shows an ankle, then changes religion – it’s the kind of thing I can read about in the SCMP on a boring Sunday. Or not.
But yesterday I was having a haircut and the only reading matter was the aforementioned HELLO.
And what do you know – the magazine has depth and insight! It offers advice! The happy couple above of whom I had never heard, one Cheryl from some girl band and her Ashley, ruminated on the secrets of a happy marriage. Sorry, Kimberley and Justin. Oh dear, I didn’t read the actual article. In a kind of reversal to how men allegedly read Playboy, I only looked at the pictures and skipped the articles…
Anyway, my eye was drawn to the following sage advice from this couple married for two weeks or whatever:
So there you have it people, that wasn’t so hard was it? If everybody was aware of this universal truth, there wouldn’t be so many divorces. Or marriages, for that matter.
Not just Playboy, Cecilie. It’s also the way we “read” other women’s minds (especially the wife’s). We are essentially big picture people when listening, careful not to get bogged down in the details.
too late…
Ah Sin (Cecilie) yo are missing the point. Generally, a lot of couples are compatable. BUT, its only after they have lived with each other or spent a lot of time togther, they find out things about each other, OR thy quite simply for want of a better word “drift” apart.
I hear (and read) of many long-term relationship couples (married or otherwise)that end in problems in Hong Kong. When one of the parties in the realationship (often the male, but sometimes the female partner) get to distracted in Hong Kong with the vast number of women around thenm. This in term leads to temptation, and before you know it, the compatability issue with their partner is fragmented.
The moral of the story here is, if you are married or in a relationship. Don’t come to Hong Kong, as one or both persons in the long-term relationship, may not be strong enough to resist the “temptations” that are around them.
Two weeks is a long time for those appearing in magazines. Especially, if that’s related to marriage.
I don’t usually give out universal secrets that I have learned the hard way, but this time is an exception:
A happy married couple is one where the wife is dumb (as in unable to speak), and the husband deaf.
Now you know why I wear earplugs and plaster a tape on my wife’s mouth.
Ciao!
PS: No offense meant, but women never spare an opportunity to remind men that they are always wrong.
I wrote a smart comment, but it didn’t go through. Maybe it wasn’t supposed to.
Destiny! Same as failed marriages.
Ciao!
Nudolf: It’s true. I get so bored with women and their self-righteousness sometimes. “All men are bastards” “only a man could think/do/say such a thing” etc.
Jimsee: I was kind of taking the piss out of the statement. Of course it’s not going to work if you don’t get on. Is it even necessary to say it?
“If you stand outside in the rain, chances are you’ll get wet.”
“If you keep hitting yourself with a blunt household instrument, sooner or later it’s going to hurt.”
Maybe I’m just old and cynical. Maybe the readership of Hello Magazine can get something out of it.
Jimsee: Another great dating tip! “If you’re anywhere near a relationship, whatever you do, don’t come to HK, the graveyard of love!” I like it.