http://kotaku.com/5143550/mario-explain … ips-for-us

'Bout sums it up. Not that it helps me. I have about as much charisma and tact around women I like as a hobo with downs syndrome.

Heh, one notes the revision where marriage turns into a downward slope into the Pit of Despair.  Pessimistic, ain't he?

Yeah, some of the later ones go overboard, but I love the first revision where the fast car and $1,000 bill are added.

Mario's sagacity is primitive but close to the reality inhabiting many minds. As part of my practice writing, I have to write about my past relationships. The concomitance could not have been more timely. It's interesting to reflect back on the earlier forms of my mind, which still hang around for some reason. It's also important for me to not extract any meaning out of these coincidences that keep happening. (They deviate from normal experience, which explains their salience.)

The chasm between friend and relationship is the scourge of many males, not because they want a relationship, but because they want sex. Things were probably simpler before we invented marriage, not because we didn't have to live together and notice the idiosyncrasies, but because we didn't live long enough to live together. Basically, you hit it while it's hot and start to rot.

I've been trying to explain to many colleagues why unwed sex is a bad idea. I'm glad you shared this. This really helps!

Ahh... (Sigh) You know, Mario's gotta be an idiot to go running around a bunch of different castles without knowing whether or not the Princess's actually there, or not.

Being married to the wrong person will certainly do that, yes.

People generally describe marriage as being a living hell or a wonderful life, but it's not marriage ITSELF that does anything, it's THE PERSON they're married TO.