Appendix

Appendix

An extract from Bill Cosby’s book, Love and Marriage. Doubleday Books, New York. 1989.

Therefore, in spite of what Thomas Jefferson wrote, all men may be created equal, but not to all women, and the loveliest love affair must bear the strain of this inequality once the ceremony is over. When a husband and wife settle down together, there is a natural struggle for power…and in this struggle, the husband cannot avoid giving up a few things – for example dinner.

To be fair, I must admit that Camille did wait a few years before allowing me to make this particular sacrifice. I had just sat down at the table one night with her and our three children when I happened to notice that my plate contained only collard greens and brown rice.

“Would you please donate this to the Hare Krishna and bring me my real meal,” I said to the gentleman serving the food.

“You have it all,” he replied.

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