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Marriage Dictionary

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My husband and I can't get enough of this book. I think it would be a great gift for a newlywed couple although it seems so much funnier after being married for many years. The definitions in this book are dead on right, it is so funny. We are planning to get more copies to give as Christmas gifts. Check it out, you won't be disapointed :)

This book is another one in the very long line of lengthy jokes about marriage. Many common words are "defined" in the context of marriage and to maintain the joke, they are almost exclusively negative. Some examples are:

Imaginative - Any idea you come up with to enliven sex which your spouse funds too gross.
Jello - The only food that your husband ever learned to cook.
Joint bank account - Checking account which allows you to spend your spouse's money any way that you want.
Period - The five days of the month when your wife does not have PMS.

While I acknowledge that some people will find these jokes funny, I did not. I find marriage jokes to be grounded in a sense of bitterness that removes any humorous aspects that they may have.