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Questions about love and marriage
were presented to
children between five-ten years old. Some of their
more enlightening answers are listed below.
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HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY |
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"You got to find
somebody who likes the same stuff. Like if you like
sports, she should
like it that you like sports, and she should keep t
he chips and dip
coming."
--Alan, age 10
"No person really decides before they
Grow up who they're going
to marry. God decides it all way before, and you
get to find out
later who you're stuck with.quot;
--Kirsten, age 10
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WHAT IS THE RIGHT TO GET MARRIED? |
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Twenty-three is the best age because you know
the
person FOREVER by then."
--Camille, age 10
"No age is good to get married at. You got
to
be a fool to get married."
--Freddie, age 6
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WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN
COMMON? |
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"Both don't want
more kids."
--Lori, age 8
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HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE
MARRIED?
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"Married people
usually look happy to talk to
other people."
--Eddie, age 6
"You might have to guess, based on whether
they
seem to be yelling at the same kids."
--Derrick, age 8
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WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
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"Dates are for
having fun, and people should use them
to get to know each other. Even boys have something
to say if you listen long enough."
--Lynnette, age 8
"On the first date, they just tell each other
lies, and that usually
gets them interested enough to go for a second
date."
--Martin, age 10
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS
TURNING SOUR?
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"I'd run home and
play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers
and make sure they
wrote about me in all the dead columns."
--Craig, age 9
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IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
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"It's better for
girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone
to clean up after
them."
--Anita, age 9
"Single is better, for the simple reason
that I wouldn't want to change
no diapers. Of course, if I did get married, I'd
just phone my mother
and have her come over for some coffee and
diaper-changing."
--Kirsten, age 10
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WHEN IS IT OK TO KISS SOMEONE?
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"When they're
rich."
--Pam, age 7
"The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that."
--Curt, age 7
"The rule goes like this: if you kiss someone,
then you should marry
them and have kids with them. It's the right thing
to do."
--Howard, age 8
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HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T
GET MARRIED?
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"There sure would be
a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?"
--Kelvin, age 8
"You can be sure of one thing - the boys would
come chasing
after us just the same as they do now."
--Roberta, age 7
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HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
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"Tell your wife that
she looks pretty even
if she looks like a truck."
--Ricky, age 10
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