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Publisher's Note: Because you're busy, I've
purposely left each section of our "Love & Marriage" reports brief... without leaving out
any essentials.
“Bonus 'Love & Happiness' Story”
"When
Are The Cows Coming Home?"
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The following is an extract from Bill Cosby’s book, “Love
and Marriage”. (Doubleday Books, New York.)
Therefore, in spite
of what Thomas Jefferson wrote, all men may be created equal, but not to
all women, and the loveliest love affair must bear the strain of this
inequality once the ceremony is over.
When a husband and
wife settle down together, there is a natural struggle for power…and in
this struggle the husband cannot avoid giving up a few things, for example
dinner.
To be fair, I must
admit that Camille did wait a few years before allowing me to make this
particular sacrifice. I had just sat down at the table one night with her
and our three children when I happened to notice that my plate contained
only collard greens and brown rice.
“Would you please donate this
to the Hare Krishna and bring me my real meal,” I said to the
gentleman serving the food.
“You have it all,” he
replied.
“No, what I have is a snack
for the North Korean Army. The meat must have slipped off somewhere. Why
don’t we try to find it together?”
“Mrs. Cosby said we are no
longer eating meat.”
“She did?” I looked down the table
at Camille. “Dear, if I got a
letter from the Pope, do you think I could...”
“Bill, meat is bad for us and
we just have to cut it out. It’s full of fat that could kill you. I’m
sorry, I forgot to tell you.”
“So am I. I could’ve started
eating out at a place where they don’t mind who they kill.”
“Honey, lots of people are
vegetarians.”
“And lots of people like to
get hit with whips, but I’ve managed to be happy not joining them.”
Nevertheless I became a vegetarian. A husband should go with the
flow of his marriage, even when that flow leads over a cliff.
About two years
later, however, I sat down to dinner one night and a steak suddenly
appeared on my plate.
“Look at this,” I said to the
gentleman serving the food.
“Someone has lost a steak. Would you please return it to its owner?”
“Mrs. Cosby said we are eating meat again,”
he told me.
“How nice to see the cows come
home,” I said.
Publisher's Note: After being through
a gut-wrenching divorce to end my 1st marriage, I've now been happily married to
the prettiest 'girl' I've ever seen, for over 30 years.
When I look back
on
my
years of wedded bliss, I can whole-heartedly testify that Mr. Cosby's
whimsical tale is a clear example of what it takes to have a happy home
and a love-filled marriage that's based on mutual respect, friendship and
a large dose of good humor.
I truly
and sincerely wish the same for you...E R Thorpe: Publisher
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