Out last week drinking champagne with three dazzling blonde women – it is the life of an Independent columnist – conversation dipped into their domestic arrangements. All were in their mid-thirties, at the height of their powers, but none was or had been married. Why, I wondered?
They were each a little melancholy at their single state – and for all the familiar reasons. The benefits of marriage just aren’t seen as clearly by the man as by the woman. It struck me that women today really need to know how to make men marry them. It’s a lost art.
(via gauntlet)
How very odd - I thought that Rod Liddle was not going to be the editor of the Independent after all.
Anyway, in case you are interested in a countering opinion by someone whose view of the world is not lodged in the 1950s, here is my advice for women on how to make men marry them:
1. Establish a solid relationship based on love, respect, and good communication.
2. Discuss your views on marriage. Ensure that they are roughly compatible. If they are not roughly compatible, you should probably not get married to each other. Be sure to consider whether you want to have a WEDDING or a MARRIAGE. If what you really want is a wedding, consider just having a generally very good expensive party without making any promises that are meant to last a lifetime.
3. If you still want to get married, and the man has not asked you yet, cry and be grumpy and withhold sex until he does. JUST KIDDING. Actually, I would suggest that would be a good time to ask him yourself. If he says yes, the outcome (surprise!) will be the same as it would be if he asked you. I know, amazing.
