We sleep in separate rooms
â
We sleep in separate rooms,
we have dinner apart,
we take separate vacations
we're doing everything
we can to keep our marriage together.
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Meaning
This quote jokes that distance and separation are the very things holding the marriage together. It turns dysfunction into strategy.
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Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen) was an iconic American stand-up comedian, actor, and screenwriter, famous for his self-deprecating humor and his signature catchphrase**"I don't get no respect!"**. He became a household name in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for his fast-paced delivery of one-liners, trademark rumpled suit, red tie, and nervously clutching his throat.
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