Love - when your eyes meet across a crowded room.
Lust - when your tongues meet across a crowded room.
Marriage - when your belt won't meet around your waist, and you don't
           care.

 

Love - when intercourse is called making love.
Lust - all other times.
Marriage - what's intercourse?

 

Love - when you share everything you own.
Lust - when you think twice about giving your partner bus money.
Marriage - when the bank owns everything.

 

Love - when it doesn't matter if you don't climax.
Lust - when the relationship is over if you don't climax.
Marriage - what's a climax?

 

Love - when you phone each other just to say "I love you."
Lust - when you phone each other just to organize sex.
Marriage - when you phone each other to find out what time your
           kid's game starts.

 

Love - when you write poems about your partner.
Lust - when all you write is your partner's phone number.
Marriage - when all you write is checks.

 

Love - when you show concern for your true love's feelings.
Lust - when you show concern for whether your partner is cute & sexy.
Marriage - when your only concern is what's on television; & where
           is the remote?

 

Love - when your farewell is, "I love you, darling."
Lust - when your farewell is, "Same time next week?"
Marriage - when your farewell is, "Don't forget to pick up the kids on
           the way home."

 

Love - when you are proud to be seen in public with your partner.
Lust - when you only see each other in the bedroom.
Marriage - when you never see each other awake.

 

Love - when your heart flutters every time you see them.
Lust - when your groin twitches every time you see them.
Marriage - when your wallet empties every time you see them.

 

Love - when nobody else matters.
Lust - when nobody else knows.
Marriage - when everybody else matters and you don't care who knows.

 

Love - when all the songs on the radio describe exactly how you feel.
Lust - when all the songs on the radio are just the same old mushy stuff.
Marriage - when you never have time to listen to music.

 

Love - when breaking up is something you try not to think about.
Lust - when staying together is something you try not to think about.
Marriage - when wondering how you will get through the day is
           something you try not to think about.