being blonde . . .

. . . I've learned to take a joke.

"How do you drown a blonde girl? Put a mirror at the bottom of the pool!" *insert lame laugh*

Being from West Virginia I've learned to take even more offensive jokes . . .

"How do you know the toothbrush was invented in West Virginia? If it was invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teethbrush."

*insert even lamer laugh*

Being a blonde from West Virginia- well you get the drift.

Given the circumstances of being used to hearing terrible jokes, being made fun of mercilessly for my weight through middle school and high school, and being Catholic, you'd think that I'd be able to tolerate a night at the Improv. I can clearly take a joke. Apparently I can not. Well, let me rephrase- I can take a joke just about anything but last night was OVER THE TOP with the "I hate Marriage" jokes and the "My wife sucks" and the "My husband can't . . ." jokes. BAER*

"Oh lighten up," you say, "It's supposed to be funny! They don't really feel that way!" "Oh you're such a newlywed, you'll appreciate this one day!" No. No, I don't think I will. Honestly- of the 5 comedians- 4 (!) relied on the same marriage jokes over and over. Just to clarify- My G-spot is not in Matt's wallet and his credit cards are not weapons of Mass destruction. L.A.M.E.

Of ALL the things going on in the world that are funny- bosses, neighbors, jobs, etc.... why have we taken to mocking the most sincere relationship? You never hear people joke about their friends like that. When did it become acceptable to mock marriage? I just looked at my vows and nowhere in there does it say, "make fun of your marriage and tell everyone that your wife is an idiot/your husband is a lazy asshole."

I know you are thinking that I'm way obsessing about a harmless act but before you roll your eyes and stop reading think about it. Our words are powerful. Our words can change us. When children hear bad language, they repeat it. When we have negative self talk it brings us down. If you have a negative track playing about yourself in your mind you will LIVE the negative life. When you say something negative to someone they internalize the comment. I read that adult women remember negative comments made about them and their appearance made in their teens MORE then they remember an accomplishment in the same year!

Married people- it's Ok to have a sense of humor. I just think that with all the negative marriage talk out there (hello John and Kate, the SC governor, and the Edward's family and all of the other people we know in real life dealing with marriages that aren't working) married people have the responsibility to show what a gift marriage is! It's a beautiful work in progress. We have to stop the negative talk about marriages.

*stepping off soap-box*

Sorry for the deep thoughts/rant this morning. After hearing three women comedians bash their husbands last night I felt the need for my own tongue lashings. So let's stick to the blonde, WV, religious jokes and leave marriage out of it.

*Big Ass Eye Roll