見到一對小情侶手牽手走入地產公司問價,他們的笑容快滿瀉。開心,一是為夠錢買樓,在香港打工仔置業不易;二是為了有人願意陪你一生供樓喎。
如果給英國作家Thomas Fuller看到這情況,他可能會叫小情侶別笑得這麼早。Thomas Fuller說:「不要被婚姻生活那過分快樂的期望欺騙自己。記住夜鶯的歌聲通常只在春天那幾個月,在牠們孵蛋後通常都變得鴉雀無聲。」 *
對!結婚之後真的有很多實際問題要煩,但如果連拍拖(未孵出蛋之前)都不笑,以後就更少機會笑。
李敏一言:要笑就在結婚之前,笑咗佢先。
* Deceive not thyself by over-expecting happiness in the married estate. Remember the nightingales which sing only some months in spring, but commonly are silent when they have hatched their eggs.
—Thomas Fuller