I Am Married... But! Quotes【Text Only】
Ep1
“Do you feel like having a baby like everyone else?”
Do you feel like dying at a funeral?
Marriage and having children are like, contagious diseases. A few years ago, when I had turned 30, friends see others getting married and feel like it's their turn. It's like at a graduation ceremony. It's like watching your classmates go up to receive the diplomas, while you're still retaking classes. Do you naturally feel left behind and catch the "marriage fever”.
I’m so outstanding. Why settle in marriage? There are just too few outstanding men. Why blame me for being picky?
Ultimately, we are brainwashed by fairy tales, believing princes and princesses live happily ever after together.
Advertising sells a lifestyle, making you think your life will improve if you buy it, but you don’t really need it. Like a diamond. Rings and proposals weren’t always linked. A diamond company made an incredibly successful ad equating eternal love with diamonds. Men began saving hard to buy an expensive stone.
Life, like editing, is full of choices. The difference is, life has no script. We don’t know if fate will gift me a Jacky Xue-you Cheung.
Some say men fall in love easily, because they mistake an erection for a pounding heart. But I don’t have a penis, so it must be my heart racing.
Don’t you think it’s ironic? Everyone, both men and women, say “Study hard, grow up, and strive to get a good job.” But after 30, everyone says “Women shouldn’t love work so much.” “Get married earlier.” “Have kids earlier.” That’s strange. Why should women over 30 only aim to be good wives and mothers? Were you joking when you told me to work hard for 30 years?
Ep2
At least once a week, I think about divorcing him, and beating him to death 100 times. I don’t have a bad life. It’s just the little things keep building up, like water slowly boiling over, until it explodes.
Some people say that marriage is either heaven or hell. But it’s somewhere in between. That’s real life.
“You think being with someone means one plus ones equals two. But it doesn’t . It’s one plus one equals one. Because no matter what you do, eat, drink, poop, pee and sleep, you adjust to their preferences. You became half of yourself. So it’s not a bond. It’s bondage.”
“Don’t think of it as ‘adjusting’. Think of it as ’sharing’. A lot of couples are totally different people. Compromising all the time is a pain, but it’s also a way of seeing new perspectives. It can be fun. Take eating for example. Food always tastes better when you share it. Don’t you think?”
“So you think my partner and I should have opposite personalities?”
“Beauty and the beast also go well together."
Do you know why the divorce rate is high? Because men only try hard before marriage. After that, they think they scored. Now they can take it easy. But to women, it’s not a sprint. It’s a marathon. The end is still a long way off. If you don’t even try and I’m the only one running, why should I stay married?
If a couple runs together, but at different speeds, they won’t reach the end together. They’ll just drift apart.
Ep3
Men love to make excuses for being lazy and stupid. Men intentionally mess things up to irritate you, so you have to intervene. Jerks!
There’s no perfect partner. Good men are raised. It’s like teaching a dog. You throw him a piece of meat, then say “shake.” Throw him more, say “shake.”
When you meet the one, seize the moment. Once lost, it’s gone.
Ep4
Who on earth said that marriage is a happy ending? It’s the beginning of an endurance exam.
Ep5
Sometimes when bad things happen, I think maybe it’s for the best later.
Marriage is the most irrational contract. It’s one signature to last a lifetime. But how is it possible to not to feel attracted to others for 50 or 60 years?
Ep6
I told him I won’t get married for the kids. Marriage is meant to be for a lifetime together. You can have children without having a husband. Marriage is complicated. Divorce is even more so.
Ep7
Cameras come with thick manuals, but babies come with nothing. That scares him.
Actually, when it comes to having kids, women take centre stage. Men are just supporting actors, playing all kinds of small roles. But you at least have to be a good handyman, because it’s on when she says it’s on.
When making babies becomes a chore, injuries are just part of a handyman’s job.
Of course, you have to be a good teammate. You have to empathise. If you don’t empathise, you’re not a human, you’re a pig. The hardest role to play is the bad guy.
Ep9
Knowing someone for a long time doesn’t mean you truly understand them.
Ep10
They say our brains produce more than 6000 thoughts a day and that it’s more complex than the universe. So, it’ll take a lifetime to understand it.
All your “what ifs” are hypothetical. You can’t replay your life in a click. No matter how good it could’ve been… There’s no going back.
If one person has more than 6000 thoughts a day, imagine a group of people all together. The universe would explode!
Ep11
It’s not a simple “yes” or “no”. We argue a lot. Every time we fight, I think, “Wouldn’t life be easier if I were single?” “Why did I get married?” It’s so tiring to be bound to another person. But when we manage to get through difficulties together, I feel happy all over again.
Maybe that’s what marriage is. Maybe marriage isn’t all about happiness. Maybe it’s about working together to move forward and finding ways to get closer to happiness.
Meeting someone to walk that path with might just be the greatest happiness of all.
It turns out that when people feel lonely and cold, a simple caring word can feel like a beam of light from above. It shines so brightly that it blinds you, shutting out everything else around you. You thought the prince had come to save just you. You thought the prince had come to save just you. But he has actually been saving the whole world.
Ep12
I love you for who you are and I appreciate that you let me be myself. You didn’t want to change me.
The so-called “one” may not meet all your ideal requirements. You two might not chat all day long but they love the real you. They don’t give up easily, even when the journey gets tough.
The prince and princess lived happily ever after. How is that even possible? Even the ice at the North Pole is melting, so nothing lasts forever.