Great Expectations
In the immortal words of George Gershwin, 'You like potato and I like po-tah-to', or in the equally unforgettable words of one iVillager, 'He wants a quickie and I want to make love'. So is it time to call the whole thing off? iVillagers debate
It is surprising how many young, recently married couples seem disillusioned with their newly wedded state. Is it because they expected different things from the relationship now it is legally binding?
Myths about married women
A debate broke out on the marriage board when iVillager lenny put up a jokey list of what women expected from men once they had tied the knot. Apparently, the average women wants 2.4 children, a husband with three functional credit cards and needs to be reassured that they are loved '138 times a day'. On the issue of sex, married women only want to make love and won't put up with a 'quickie'. Finally, if this isn't terrifying enough, attached women also don't like their partners to have too many female friends, though they may let a few ugly or married ones through the net just to prove they aren't completely unreasonable.
Although lenny's list of what women want out of marriage was a joke, it is nevertheless revealing - it reflects the stereotypes of nagging wives you hear on telly and down the pub. Not surprisingly, the women on the board, whether married or not, bear no resemblance to the nagging and needy image presented by 
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