As children we see only a small part of the world, often we see the world through rose-colored glasses. As we mature, we learn more about how the world works and make different assumptions, better estimates, and more educated decisions. So, while we celebrate youth and all its benefits in terms of physical strength, beauty and good skin tone, it is also important to celebrate the benefits of aging. With age comes wisdom, knowledge, experience and hopefully deeper understanding. Those things also should be celebrated.

Looking back at The Communist Manifesto now, I see the young Marx trying to make his way in the world attempting to create the world he wanted. Now as a wife and mother, when I look at The Communist Manifesto,  I see my children. I see them tell me with strong know it all attitudes and the pride of youth that they will do things differently when they are adults with children of their own. I see them discuss rules at school and the laws of our country and voice their opinions on how they can do things better, more fairly and more efficiently. That is one of the benefits of time, it gives you a different perspective on things, a new way to look at the world based upon experience, knowledge and wisdom.

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx is one of my favorite books. Not for its political point of view or its arguments on communism and how the world should be run. It is one of my favorite books because it got me a husband. I read the book more than 30 years ago and to be honest, I don’t remember most of it. The Communist Manifesto is one of my favorite books because when I was reading it as part of my college honors program I met my husband. I was sitting in a lounge area reading the book when my husband walked up to me and said what to this date is the best pickup line ever, “Karl Marx was an idiot.”

I will always treasure my memory of The Communist Manifesto bed because it got me a husband and made me appreciate communist pick-up lines. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx is one of my favorite books. Not for its political point of view or its arguments on communism and how the world should be run. I have been a democrat all my life. I never would have thought I communist pick-up lines would be my area of expertise. It is one of my favorite books because it got me a husband.

Ooooooo, talk about smart, sexy, and confident. I fell for Darren and wanted to marry him that day because of that pick-up line. That is the funny thing about books. Sometimes they are not used in the way they are intended. In the honor’s program, we were studying philosophic arguments from famous figures throughout history.

In class, we were not reading Marx’s book to convert to communism. We read it to learn his philosophy which was influential throughout the world. Marx wrote the book with his friend Engels in order to convince people of how wonderful and proper the communist way of life would be. I read the book in order to get an A on the essay exam. My husband to be used the book to pick up a cute young chick on a college campus.

What a Thing to Say – I Had Nothing Better to Do: I married you because I had nothing better to do that day. Click here to read all the details.