Whoever you end up marrying is going to be one very lucky fella

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wowenglish1

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What does Father mean by the next sentence?
Whoever you end up marrying is going to be one very lucky fella.

Father: Look at this place; it's a pigsty. Your mom will have a cow when she gets home.
Seven-year-old girl: It's not that messy, Daddy.
Father: Whoever you end up marrying is going to be one very lucky fella.
 

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The girl is untidy so is unlikely to nag her future husband if he is untidy, too.
 

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The girl is untidy so is unlikely to nag her future husband if he is untidy, too.
Hmm, I agree that's a possible interpretation and may be right. I read it as sarcasm. She was not was going to turn out to be a very good homemaker. So, her husband won't be lucky, because he'll have to live in a pigsty.
Obviously, context is necessary to be sure. Who is the Father? What are his standards? What are the implied values for sex roles in the wider context?
 

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This must be the dialogue in a strip cartoon in a series syndicated throughout the USA.

Somebody will remind me of his name, but I only ever find his cartoons mildly amusing at best.
 
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