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Kids View On Love And Marriage
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difficult enough for adults to define, this question received some
interesting
responses from those of a younger generation... |
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| Q: WHAT EXACTLY IS MARRIAGE?`
A: "When
somebody's been dating for a while, the
boy might propose
to the girl. He says to her, 'I'll take you for a whole life, or at
least
until we have kids and get divorced, but you got to do one particular
thing
for me.' Then she says yes, but she's wondering what the thing is
and whether it's naughty or not. She can't wait to find out." (GIRL,
AGE 9)
A: "Marriage
is when you get to keep your
girl and don't
have to give her back to her parents" (BOY, AGE 6)
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Q: HOW DOES A PERSON DECIDE
WHOM TO MARRY?
A: "You flip a nickel, and heads
means you stay
with him and
tails means you try the next one." (GIRL, AGE 9)
A: "My mother says to look for a
man who is
kind....That's what
I'll do....I'll find somebody who's kind tall and handsome." (GIRL,
AGE 8)
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CONCERNING
THE PROPER AGE TO GET
MARRIED
"Eighty-four
Because at that age, you don't have to work anymore, and
you
can spend all your time loving each other in your bedroom." (GIRL,
AGE
8)
"Once I'm
done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a
wife" (BOY,
AGE 5)
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Q: HOW
DID YOUR MOM AND DAD
MEET?
"They
were at a dance party at a friend's house. Then they went for a
drive,
but their car broke down...It was a good thing, because it gave them a
chance to find out about their values." (GIRL, AGE 9)
"My
father was doing some strange chores for my mother.
They won't tell
me what kind." (BOY, AGE 8)
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Q: WHAT
DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A
DATE?
"On the
first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually
gets
them interested enough to go for a second date." (BOY, AGE 10)
"Many
daters just eat pork chops and french fries and
talk about love." (BOY,
AGE 9)
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Q: WHEN
IS IT OKAY TO KISS
SOMEONE?
"You
should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to buy her a
ring and her own video player, 'cause she'll want to have videos
of the
wedding." (BOY,
AGE 10)
"Never
kiss in front of other people. It's a big
embarrassing thing
if anybody sees you....If nobody sees you, I might be willing to try it
with a handsome boy, but just for a few hours." (GIRL, AGE 9)
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THE GREAT
DEBATE: IS IT BETTER
TO BE SINGLE OR
MARRIED?
"It's
better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need
somebody
to clean up after them" (GIRL,
AGE 9)
"It
gives me a headache to think about that stuff.
I'm just a
kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." (BOY, AGE 7)
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EGGS
Mother (to
little girl who had been sent to the hen-house
for eggs):
"Well, dear, were there no eggs?"
Little Girl: "No,
mummie, only the one the hens use for a
pattern." |
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GUEST: "It's funny that you should
be so tall. Your brother, is
short, isn't he?"
BOY: (absently):
"Yes, usually." |
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DENIED THE PRIVILEGE
The Child:
"Mother! Did you buy a ticket for me?"
The Mother: "No,
dear! They don't charge for little boys."
The Child: "Is that
'cos we're too little to reach the
straps?" |
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A SOLUTION
BIG SISTER:
"Oh, Jane, if I had known who sent those
flowers I would
have returned them unopened."
LITTLE SISTER: "Oh,
those are so beautiful! Couldn't you take a few out, and send
the rest
back unopened?" |
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Hostess (to small guest, who is casting
lingering glances
at the
cakes): "I don't think you can eat any more of those cakes, can
you,
John?"
Little
John: "No, I don't think I can. But may I stroke them?" |
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MOTHER: "Jim, dear, your hands are
frightfully dirty."
BOY: "Not
'frightfully,' mummy. A lot of that's shading." |
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