Love and Marriage: An Expose on Love and Marriage

"I'm never getting married," insisted Pierre, a mechanic, as he replaced a frayed seat belt for a customer. "With everything that happens in marriages today, it isn't worth it. Know what I mean?"

"Not really," thought his customer.

Pierre was a well-mannered young man in his early thirties, the son of well-to-do parents. "Don't get me wrong," he continued, before his customer even had a chance to speak.  “My girlfriend's great and fun too, but I'm not into signing marriage contracts."

The customer remained silent, realizing that Pierre probably needed to talk to some one who would just listen to him. 

"Those marriages at city hall, they don't last very long. Neither do ones in churches, nowadays."

Pierre's customer was stunned at how disillusioned this young man appeared to be about marriage.  

"Marriage really scares me. I get cold feet now, every time I think about it."   

Pierre started to sing in a low voice.

"Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage," he sang. "Nowadays marriage seems to be more like a horse running wild without a carriage, a horseless-carriage kind of marriage."

The customer remained silent.

"That was told by mother; you can't have one without the other," he continued on, singing sadly.

The customer knew Pierre had been taught that song by someone, probably his mother.

"Dad and mom have a happy marriage, but no one has marriages like that anymore."

"They probably love each other," his customer thought. "Pierre will figure this out for himself." 

"I want children, but my girlfriend doesn't. She says children are a pain, a financial burden to their parents."

He paused again.

"Your car's ready, sir. I put the seat belt in correctly this time. Last time, I forgot to pull the buckle out."

The customer thanked Pierre for his hard work.

"Have a wonderful Christmas, with your family," he called out, as his customer prepared to drive off.


"There are people who have happy marriages," Pierre said to himself. "Perhaps love and marriage is the answer. Boy, that customer sure was great to talk to. Wish I had more customers like him."