A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.
Interpretation
Marriage brings a new understanding of happiness that can often come too late.
Frank Sinatra's quote conveys the idea that true happiness is often a realization that occurs within the context of marriage; however, by the time one understands what happiness truly is, they may already be entrenched in the complexities of married life. This suggests that marriage comes with challenges that can obscure the joy it brings until one has experienced it fully.
In practice
During a wedding toast, one might reflect on the nature of happiness in marriage by quoting Sinatra.
With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. Lady Day is unquestionably the most important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty years.
When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.
There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and generous man.
Dare to wear the foolish clown face.
I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps
I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I know.
I don’t think that because I’m not married it’s made my life any less. That old-maid myth is garbage.
Of all the questions I get asked as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, there are two - asked in various permutations via email, social media or in person - that chill me to the bone: 'Why don't you just make yourself legal?' And: 'Why don't you get in the back of the line?'
Just like children, emotions heal when they are heard and validated.
In the ensuing silence, I have time to contemplate the word cute— how dismissive it is, how it’s the equivalent of calling someone little, how it makes a person into a baby, how the word is a neon sign burning through the dark reading, “Feel Bad About Yourself.
I don't pay attention to a lot of people - I pay attention to a select few, and that's worked out well for me.
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
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