Brains trust workshop - words of wisdom

[Harpy]

My kid brother is getting married in a few weeks (he's back in one piece from gis Vegas bucks' night).

I feel that being the eldest sibling here I should take him out for lunch and convey some sort of wisdom to guide him or at least let him know I want this to work and I'll be there for him no matter what.

Any suggestions as to what I should say or what you wished your loved ones had told you before the big day?

He knows about the birds and the bees in case anyone decides to be smart.

[NoBowie]

Assuming that he is old enough, my advice is:

1. Live in a big enough place that you can have alone time.

2. Establish a budget, financial plans, etc. right up front as this is the number 1 cause of divorce.

3. Don't have kids for at least 3 years.

4. Anal sex and pegging is the best way to keep your marriage strong. If you aren't both penetrating each other rectally, you can never have a truly equal relationship.

[billy sol hurok]

My kid brother is getting married in a few weeks (he's back in one piece from gis Vegas bucks' night).

Huh, another cute britishism. Here in the New World we spell it "jizz."

And NoB is partially right: Say it with condoms. Perhaps a decade's supply of earplugs too.

Also, tell him to stay away from the gas fixtures.

[Spade: The Real Snake]

My kid brother is getting married in a few weeks (he's back in one piece from gis Vegas bucks' night).

I feel that being the eldest sibling here I should take him out for lunch and convey some sort of wisdom to guide him or at least let him know I want this to work and I'll be there for him no matter what.

Any suggestions as to what I should say or what you wished your loved ones had told you before the big day?

He knows about the birds and the bees in case anyone decides to be smart.

Have your boy give the talk, what with him being closer to being a man than you and all...I suspect.

Unless you are wanting to prepare your brother for the potential of wifely bitching, then by all means, fire away.

[Feryk]

Tell him a woman's perspective of being married.

Not for advice, but so he knows what his wife will eventually bitch about.

[Harpy]

The wife bitching thing, great idea Snake and Feryk.

The couple have lived together for 6 years already, though her mother lives with them too.

[Spade: The Real Snake]

Then your first advice should include finding an apartment for the old ball and chain

[Feryk]

Absolutely. I would also tell him that to expect that things that never pissed him off prior to marriage will make him totally nuts now.

Because now, he'll realize he's got to put up with it for the rest of his life.

[Harpy]

Would that have helped the young Feryk?

My brother is a pure soul, one of those beings one is blessed to be around. He's grown up in a female dominated home and is great with the ladies, empathetic, sensitive, a good listener and a gentle soul.

He has an apartment which they would probably move to eventually.

[NoBowie]

He's grown up in a female dominated home and is great with the ladies, empathetic, sensitive, a good listener and a gentle soul.

Goddamn. His wife will eat him alive.