Marriage is In deed for Old Age.

Adam, the first man created must have been over 50 years old when God said that it is not good for him to alone? It seems to me that the older men get the more confused and dependent they become. A few years ago a couple visited us for a few days. The man was 75 years while the woman was 64 years. This couples made a remarkable impression on us.The man could not do anything without his wife and everything his wife did revolved around him. She had his kind of coffee, sugar, milk and water temperature, breakfast time done with precision.

For the three days they were in our house I envied the man and the royal treatment he was receiving until I visited them a few months later and realized that it was not a luxury but an accommodation. The man was helpless without his wife. He could not remember dates without his wife's help, make appointments, remember his appointments, find his keys, make phone calls or text message without his wife. At that point instead of envying him I pitied him.

I have also noticed the same subtle change in my lifestyle. Since I crossed the ageing threshold of 50 years, it is becoming more and more challenging to make simple decisions and take certain actions without my wife's input. Decisions that I made in the past without minding my wife's opinion I now wait for her opinion before I make them.  I have gone from looking forward to my peace and quietness in the house to wondering what to do with my peace and quiet in her absence. As she prepares to leave for Africa on a missionary trip ahead of me I am not sure what to do with myself and my time. I just picked a book that I have been yearning to read again hoping that the author will do the magic of taking my mind off the boredom.

I did not quiet put this new phase of life together until yesterday when my wife and I were comparing notes with another couple far away in London and realized that we, the husbands are becoming more and more dependent on our wives for our daily convenience. Now I know why my 93 years father won't allow my mother 80 years old mother out of his sight for more than a few weeks. He can't help himself. 

Marriage is indeed an insurance for, not against old age because marriage can add a few grey hairs on your hair.