Practically all girls are capable of pulling off the Lady Love stunt before marriage but alas, only toomany of them think a wedding ring gives them theright to flop down on the do-nothing stool, get fatand eat onions.. When a man see his beauteous pride slouching around the house in a soiled house-coat with cold cream on her face, he feels he gotcheated at the altar. Too often after the first baby, [women] ceasebeing wives and are only mothers.. giving all theirtenderness to Junior and letting poor husband goheart-hungry. . Carol Shields
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Oscar Wilde is saying that the most important thing about marriage is the sexual relationship between a husband and wife. When a woman gets married, she immediately stops being that person that she was when she was single and starts acting like the wife that she has become. While this might be true, Oscar is also stating that this change of character is not always a good thing. After a woman gets married, she starts giving all of her attention to her children and ceases to be a wife in any other way. The quote itself shows a lost love for a woman who did not follow through with the promise she made at the altar to be true to one man instead of having multiple relationships with other men.

Source: Dropped Threads: What We Arent Told

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