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Phrase: Straighten you out
Ladies, I have a lot of respect for you, but I would never want to be you.
They say a woman’s work is never done, and I don’t know how or why you ever do it.
I’ve learned a few things in my life, and one of them is that for every man in the world, there’s a woman willing to put in the hard years to straighten him out.
What the heck is up with that?
They say that behind every great man, there is an even better woman.
What they don’t say is that man is nothing but a work in progress.
That woman is working hard day and night to straighten him out.
I should now clarify that to straighten someone out means to improve their behaviour.
Have you ever known one of those guys who party hard, eat garbage food all the time and spend all of their money on beer?
The families of guys like that are praying he will find a woman to straighten him out.
I can’t figure it out.
A woman can see something in a man when everyone else sees a lost cause.
Take me as a case in point.
I was a backpacker for ten years, happily spending every penny I made on university tuition, McDonald’s, beer and plane fare.
Then I met my future wife, and everything changed.
We could say she straightened me out.
Things had to settle down.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a somewhat willing victim, but I’m still fighting.
At some homes, there’s a sign that says ‘Welcome to our loving home.’
At my house, it says, ‘Helmets required. Work in progress.’
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