LOVE
When your eyes meet across a crowded room.
LUST
When your tongues meet across a crowded room.
MARRIAGE
When you try to lose your spouse in a crowded room.

LOVE
When you share everything you own.
LUST
When you steal everything they own.
MARRIAGE
When the bank owns everything.

LOVE
When you phone each other just to say, "Hi."
LUST
When you phone each other to pick a hotel room.
MARRIAGE
When you phone each other to bitch about work.

LOVE
When you write poems about your partner.
LUST
When all you write is your phone number.
MARRIAGE
When all you write is checks.

LOVE
When your only concern is for your partner's feelings.
LUST
When your only concern is to find a room with mirrors all around.
MARRIAGE
When you're only concern as to what's on TV.

LOVE
When you are proud to be seen in public with your partner.
LUST
When you only see each other naked.
MARRIAGE
When you never see each other awake.

LOVE
When all the songs on the radio describe exactly how you feel.
LUST
When the song on the radio determines how you do it.
MARRIAGE
When you listen to talk radio.

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 just getting through the day is your only thought.

LOVE
When you're only interested in doing things with your partner.
LUST
When you're only interested in doing things TO your partner.
MARRIAGE
When you're only interested in your golf score.