Bloke’s Marriage Guide: How To Be A Teddy Bear

I have it on good advice that us guys need to be a teddy bears in marriage. Whilst I’m no expert on the topic, I can note with due attention the nod of approval toward this idea from one’s wife. Cuddly and fluffy is the call. As an opposite image, there’s no surer thing than a bull roaring through the china shop, breaking all the precious fine china displayed -- not a good image in a marriage.

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Not every wife needs a teddy bear husband to be honest, but what a guy’s wife needs she should get -- is that not so? It’s the Christian model of marriage we’re espousing; one for the other, the other for one. So, what gives with the teddy bear symbolism?

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~ Teddy bears are quiet. They don’t talk much. They’re pretty docile and cute, so to speak. I think I can do that.

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~ Teddy bears provide warmth and are ideal to cuddle up with, and even sob of few tears into (if and as necessary).

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~ Teddy bears are totally accepting; they’ll never reject you. You’re theirs for life, and even when your bear is tired and ragged at the seams, he’ll still be just as faithful as he always was.

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~ Teddy bears are fluffy too. The fluffiness is particularly important because fluffiness absorbs; it absorbs the hurts so naturally.

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What teddy bears don’t do:

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~ They don’t give advice; they’re totally useless at providing direction and telling you what you need to do. They can’t talk back; they don’t have a comment to make.

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~ They won’t try and encourage you when a good ole fashioned cuddle would do.

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~ They don’t scare you. They couldn’t harm a fly. They’d cuddle the fly! Absolutely harmless.

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So, the teddy bear is a symbol for me; for the man I need to be.

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