Women get married for a variety of reasons. Some marry for money, some for love, and others for security. Men, on the other hand, get married because we have no other choice.

There comes a point in every man’s life when he realizes that he is just too incompetent to continue taking care of himself. Some of us can manage on our own for several years but eventually if we don’t settle down we will die of self-induced ignorance. Sometimes I catch myself running through the house with sharp objects in my hand. Other times I look under the kitchen sink and wonder what all those colorful bottles of cleaner would taste like. When I was a kid I had my mom around to keep me from doing something stupid. Now, I’m on my own. It’s only a matter of time before I put an eye out or give in to the temptation to take a swig of Windex.

This isn’t a new situation. In fact it goes back as far as the first marriage. The Bible says that God looked upon Adam and decided he needed a “helper,” that it wasn’t good for “man to be alone.”