Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for April 14, 2023

But do you remember to ‘love, honor, and obey’?

You’re in quite a plight now, troth be told.

Right after the honor and obey part

He would have understood if the word was “trough “.

Had to look it up, but basically a long-winded way of saying “I do”.

Just goes to show how meaningless Marriage Vows are.

My wife was an English major. She translates Shakespeare for me to understand.

(“So William, why didn’t you just say it in plain English? It must have been tough on the waiters when you ordered.”)

I figure it’s one of those things that will come around and burn you in later years.

You should never agree to anything that you do not understand.

If you do say “I do” to it, then you pretty much deserve whatever you get (unto death).

Found a loophole in our vows. We never fully defined “for better or for worse”. However, my legally contracted life partner cleverly contended that she could do better, and that I could do worse. And I responded, “I know you are but what am I?” I’m a natural born lawyer.

Don’t start getting all medieval on me…

We did our own vows. To this day, I have no idea what I wrote or said, but I have never been happier. It must’ve been the right ones.

I got a simple, concise answer from chatGPT:

“Plight thee troth” is an old-fashioned phrase that means to pledge or promise one’s faithfulness or loyalty to someone, particularly in a romantic or marital context. “Plight” means to pledge or promise, and “troth” refers to one’s faith or fidelity. So, “plight thee troth” essentially means “pledge your faithfulness to me” or “promise to be loyal to me.” This phrase is not commonly used in modern English, but you may come across it in literature or historical texts.

It’s a lovely bit of the wedding ceremony.

“Apparently, it doesn’t mean what I thought because I can’t remember the last time we plighted or trothed.”

1 Corinthians 14:11 (which is also precisely why I don’t use the King James Version!!)

Never sign or promise on anything you don’t understand — and always read the fine print.

Right there with you.