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Jean Kerr

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.

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Jean Kerr is saying that marrying someone you’ve admired from a distance can be exciting at first, but once they become part of your daily life, they might not fit well with your existing lifestyle or environment. The comparison highlights how initial attraction doesn’t guarantee long-term compatibility with everything else in your life.

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