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My friend, Ashlee, teaches 2nd grade and she asked her students to give their thoughts on love and marriage.

How do you decide who to marry?

• How pretty they are
• If they don’t take drugs
• See if they love you
• Be fancy
• Give her a ring
• The way he treats you
• You pick the right person

What is the right age to get married?

• 50
• 23 or 19

How can a stranger tell if two people are married?

• They are holding hands
• Mormon and have a ring
• They walk together
• They have kids
• By asking them

What do you think your mom and dad have in common?

• Bills
• Coffee Cream
• Mom and Dad are mad
• Sanding floors
• Hate working
• They both drive
• Sleeping together
• Yelling
• Kissing
• When my mom talks my dad gets so mad!

What do most people do on a date?

• Kiss
• Go to dinner
• They go to a store and talk to each other
• Go swimming

When is it okay to kiss someone?

• When you are married
• When you are old enough like your mom or dad
• Because they are pretty
• When you are looking for a person to marry
• When you’re ready to
• When your mom says its okay

Is it better to be single or married?

• Married because you live an eternal life
• Married, it’s what your suppose to do
• Single is the best
• Married because you get kids
• If you are single you can live
• Married, you’re safer
• Single because then you don’t cheat on them
• Married-because if you aren’t married you won’t have a baby

How would the world be different if people didn’t get married?

• BORING
• I would like it
• We would all be kids
• No one would be born
• Boys would have kids?
• They would be poor
• I wouldn’t be alive

How would you make a marriage work?

• I will buy them something
• Eat cake
• Make it a ceremony
• Money and flowers
• I would give them breakfast in bed
• Thank the kids
• Never fight
• Work a little
• Cook

Love is…

• Kissing
• Important
• Disgusting
• Gross
• The best thing in the world
• Okay
• NOT cool