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A species of [[Dom Com]] based on the premise that monogamous marriage is rather like a long, slow, exquisite torture by a sadistic god from whose maleficent clutches escape is impossible. Husbands are [[Bumbling Dad|child-like buffoons]] who watch too much football, leave the toilet seat up, [[All Men Are Perverts|ogle hot women]], and forget anniversaries. Wives are frigid, nagging, [[Jerkass|hateful shrews]] with [[All Women Are Prudes|zero interest in sex]]. [[Kids Are Cruel|Chil]][[Teens Are Monsters|dren]] destroy your home and what little peace of mind you have left, while waiting their turn to perpetuate the cycle. [[Obnoxious
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The name, for those who don't get it, is a reference to the line of the traditional wedding vows, "Lawful wedded life."▼
{{examples|Examples}}▼
* ''[[The Lockhorns (Comic Strip)|The Lockhorns]]'', though thankfully the eponymous couple apparently doesn't have kids.▼
* ''[[For Better or For Worse (Comic Strip)|For Better or For Worse]]'' since going into reprints/new-runs seems to spend a lot of time dwelling on how John is an insensitive dolt and the children have nothing better to do than make Elly's life harder. Perversely, the strip ''also'' implies that anyone who doesn't settle down and live the same kind of life is irresponsible, childish and a bad person.▼
▲The name, for those who don't get it, is a reference to the line of the traditional wedding vows, "
== Live-Action TV ==
* The form reached its pinnacle of perfection in the sitcom ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''.{{context}}
* ''[[The King of Queens]]''{{context}}
* ''[[Mad About You]]'' became this in the later years.
* ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''{{context}}
* The husband is the frigid one, but ''[[Married...
* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' occasionally slipped into this.{{context}}
* As did ''[[Family Matters]]''.{{context}}
* ''[['Til Death]]'' is somewhat of a [[Deconstruction]] in that the better you know Joy, the slobbier she seems, and the better a match for Eddie.
* ''[[
* ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''
* Any time a married couple is seen in ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'', it falls square into this.
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* ''[[
▲* ''[[
== Recorded and Stand Up Comedy ==
* Too often a source of jokes in stand-up comedy, going back at least as far as Henny Youngman's [[Catch Phrase]] "Take my wife. Please!"
== Western Animation ==
* Done in plenty of old
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[[Category:Marriage Tropes]]
[[Category:Just for Pun]]
[[Category:Show Genres]]
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