Love, Lust, & Marriage

Love: When you take a bubble bath together
Lust: When you take a bath in Jell-O together
Marriage: When you give the kids a bath

Love: A romantic candle-light dinner for two
Lust: “Do I have to buy you dinner first?”
Marriage: Four Happy Meals…to go

Love: Giving your love some candy
Lust: Thinking you are the candy
Marriage: Scraping candy off of the carpet

Love: A night out at the symphony
Lust: A night out at the Ramada Inn
Marriage: A night out at Sesame Street On Ice

Love: Aroma — French perfume
Lust: Aroma — Brut aftershave
Marriage: Aroma — “The baby needs changing…”

Love: Lending your jacket to your love when he/she is cold
Lust: “I can think of a way to stay warm…”
Marriage: Your teenager just took your jacket

Love: Long drives through the countryside
Lust: Long parking sessions at Lover’s Lookout
Marriage: Long drives with the kids screaming in the backseat