funny wedding books novel amazon.com Wedding Chronicles Bob N. Boguslavski
Sometimes in life, you have these encounters that affect you profoundly--things to be remembered forever. One such one for Bob was way back in the day when he was a teenager and got a very unique and powerful spin on long-term marriage from some life-wi(s/z)ened, gray-haired, French Canadian cat called Lulu he worked with. When hardcore life experience got dished out by him, you know it was real--the kind of stuff you could never make up yourself unless you've been through it. To this day, it gives Bob something to think about. But before we get to that nugget of conciousness, let's lay out some basic groundwork in preparation thereof.
There's generally a lot of stuff out there on the topic of marriage and how it needs to be done and managed over time as the years and decades go by together in harmony and happiness. Righto.
Gary Busey had a thought on it. He was married the first time for about 22 years, 4 years the second time, and probably had a few other relationships to form the basis of his wisdom on this topic.
Now, by pure coink-e-dink, Bob has the same birthday as our marriage-opining actor. Whether or not you believe this is a good thing re shared birthday, and any personality comparison therein, just keep in mind that Gary was out riding his Harley without a helmet back in December 1988, when he hit his head real hard on the curb after being thrown off his machine. D'oh! More details on that serious mishap here and here. Unfortunately, things weren't the same for him thereafter. It wasn't long after that he got divorced in 1990. So maybe one wonders if he started to see marriage in a completely different light after all those years, or the accident introduced some clarity on the matter.
One all-important element in the vast majority of long-term marriages that keeps cropping up is one of Kom-mUn-E-Kay-shun [sic] and (starting to try) understanding your significant other.
N.B. Before reading any / all below, be aware Bob did some digging online for equally-dishing stuff from the ladies as regards their men in marriage, but, alas, after a few hours of watching / listening, the stuff he found was either NOT funny, WAY too long and ramblng (like, Hello?!), or was just not edited right at others' hands ... so he just moved on. Ping his ass, and he can send you what he found to prove his point.
Jeff Allen has some good advice in this area. This is very important to your wife, so pay attention, fellas.
If this area of focus is a problem for some of the guys out there, there is a "pharma" fix to help quickly boost personal capability in this department.
If popping pills isn't your thing, there is always the high technology approach to save the day. Plus, this second solution works both ways to help your wife also understand what's being said by you in her direction.
Another facet in the mix over time is that married life kinda falls into a routine, especially once the kiddies arrive to change the playing field up even more.
This long-time married cat, Walter (The Old Grumpy Man), has it down pat as well, just like Lulu did. He is steered ably at the hands (and mouth) of Jeff Dunham.
Tim Hawkins, Bob Smiley, and John Branyan have a go on a few of the little things one learns along the way. A few snippets from their 2011 Rock Show Comedy Tour are below.
Okay, so much for the niceties and polite posturing. It's time to break out one of the Big Gunz of Comedy on this matter. No holds barred with our main man shootin' it straight.
So ... after all those other menfolks' slant on things, Lulu's take was still "out there" and highly unique, as sucked up, verbatim, right out of the book. He was able to sum it up in a simple and short sentence.
No doubt herein lay some esoteric knowledge or a profound kernel of wisdom. I turned to face him and drink it all in. I was eager for a revelation about such a revered institution.
[Lulu] "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, you know," he said, not skipping a beat, "same old hole..." and, shrugging his shoulders, "...same old hair." He turned, half-smiled, and grunted, "Back to work, you maudit anglais cocksucker!"
FYI, "maudit anglais" translated from French equates to "damn" or "bloody" and "English."
No matter how many weddings Bob went to thereafter, that encounter from a summer day back in 1983 was always on his mind in the background--something to make him think about shite. Occasionally, a few well-chosen words go a long way. Stuff runs deep.
You can make of all this whatever you want, but forewarned is forearmed, the omniscient "they" always like to say.
Bob ain't being cynical about this topic. He's just looking at, processing, and spewing out, in unbiased fashion of course (just as the media does with the news), what other folks be saying about marriage after many years in the trenches with their significant other(s), as the case may be.
His ass has been lucky enough to hit a few weddings all over the world as some single guy, have a little fun along the way, and then observe what unfolds thereafter. And you can read about it all, plus a whole lot more about what goes on out there in the world, in this book.
There's generally a lot of stuff out there on the topic of marriage and how it needs to be done and managed over time as the years and decades go by together in harmony and happiness. Righto.
Gary Busey had a thought on it. He was married the first time for about 22 years, 4 years the second time, and probably had a few other relationships to form the basis of his wisdom on this topic.
Now, by pure coink-e-dink, Bob has the same birthday as our marriage-opining actor. Whether or not you believe this is a good thing re shared birthday, and any personality comparison therein, just keep in mind that Gary was out riding his Harley without a helmet back in December 1988, when he hit his head real hard on the curb after being thrown off his machine. D'oh! More details on that serious mishap here and here. Unfortunately, things weren't the same for him thereafter. It wasn't long after that he got divorced in 1990. So maybe one wonders if he started to see marriage in a completely different light after all those years, or the accident introduced some clarity on the matter.
One all-important element in the vast majority of long-term marriages that keeps cropping up is one of Kom-mUn-E-Kay-shun [sic] and (starting to try) understanding your significant other.
N.B. Before reading any / all below, be aware Bob did some digging online for equally-dishing stuff from the ladies as regards their men in marriage, but, alas, after a few hours of watching / listening, the stuff he found was either NOT funny, WAY too long and ramblng (like, Hello?!), or was just not edited right at others' hands ... so he just moved on. Ping his ass, and he can send you what he found to prove his point.
Jeff Allen has some good advice in this area. This is very important to your wife, so pay attention, fellas.
If this area of focus is a problem for some of the guys out there, there is a "pharma" fix to help quickly boost personal capability in this department.
If popping pills isn't your thing, there is always the high technology approach to save the day. Plus, this second solution works both ways to help your wife also understand what's being said by you in her direction.
Another facet in the mix over time is that married life kinda falls into a routine, especially once the kiddies arrive to change the playing field up even more.
This long-time married cat, Walter (The Old Grumpy Man), has it down pat as well, just like Lulu did. He is steered ably at the hands (and mouth) of Jeff Dunham.
Tim Hawkins, Bob Smiley, and John Branyan have a go on a few of the little things one learns along the way. A few snippets from their 2011 Rock Show Comedy Tour are below.
Okay, so much for the niceties and polite posturing. It's time to break out one of the Big Gunz of Comedy on this matter. No holds barred with our main man shootin' it straight.
So ... after all those other menfolks' slant on things, Lulu's take was still "out there" and highly unique, as sucked up, verbatim, right out of the book. He was able to sum it up in a simple and short sentence.
[BNB] "So, tell me," I asked, "what's it like being married 42 years to the same woman?"
No doubt herein lay some esoteric knowledge or a profound kernel of wisdom. I turned to face him and drink it all in. I was eager for a revelation about such a revered institution.
[Lulu] "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, you know," he said, not skipping a beat, "same old hole..." and, shrugging his shoulders, "...same old hair." He turned, half-smiled, and grunted, "Back to work, you maudit anglais cocksucker!"
FYI, "maudit anglais" translated from French equates to "damn" or "bloody" and "English."
No matter how many weddings Bob went to thereafter, that encounter from a summer day back in 1983 was always on his mind in the background--something to make him think about shite. Occasionally, a few well-chosen words go a long way. Stuff runs deep.
You can make of all this whatever you want, but forewarned is forearmed, the omniscient "they" always like to say.
Bob ain't being cynical about this topic. He's just looking at, processing, and spewing out, in unbiased fashion of course (just as the media does with the news), what other folks be saying about marriage after many years in the trenches with their significant other(s), as the case may be.
His ass has been lucky enough to hit a few weddings all over the world as some single guy, have a little fun along the way, and then observe what unfolds thereafter. And you can read about it all, plus a whole lot more about what goes on out there in the world, in this book.
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