Alex's Wedding

This past week Doonesbury has been concerned with Alex's Wedding to Toggle.  Sunday's strip in which Mike is stunned to see his little girl in her bridal dress brought an outpouring of posts from men recounting their own emotions on seeing their own daughters marry.  

In follow up strips BD tries to explain the rules of marriage to Leo.  It  brought this response from L. Rodriguez | Guaynabo | Puerto Rico | June 18, 2012:

RULES

Okay, Leo, here you have the Three Main Rules of Marriage, in a nutshell:

1. Men always have the last word in a discussion, as long as they say "Yes, dear." (My cousin uses the same line:  "I never have any trouble with my women [his wife and daughter].  I just look them in the eye and say, "Yes, dear."  Works every time.")
2. When men demand hot water, they get hot water. Doing the dishes otherwise is not reasonable. 
3. No matter what, women always end up kneeling before men. And when they are kneeling, you will hear them say "Get out from under the bed!".

(Sigh.) 

Best of luck.

A few days later this post:

POOF!

CB's Grandma | Baltimore, MD | June 21, 2012

Today's strip is so true. You see a little girl pretending to be a bride and then poof! She is one. One second she's playing with a doll, and then poof! It's not a toy, it's your grandchild.

Reminded me of a Benny Anderson poem on Prairie Home Companion.