A Fancy Kitchen Won't Fix a Broken Marriage

Here's a hilarious story about divorce. I had a friend that used to do high-end kitchens. Today you pay him 80, 100, 120 grand and he'd give you a brand-new kitchen. Tear everything out, rebuild everything, beautiful new kitchen. Very popular. People in my neighborhood love to get new kitchens.

What he used to do when things were slow is he'd go in his Rolodex. If you don't know what a Rolodex is, look it up. And he would call someone up and say, hey, remember me? I did your kitchen. I'm in your neighborhood. Perhaps you need a bathroom done. You want me to come over and give you a quote?

I said, how did that work? He said, it would work rarely. I go, what? What do you mean? He goes, usually I'd call them up and they would say, oh, we don't live there anymore. We got divorced five years ago or eight years ago. Really?

Think about that. You have a shitty marriage and instead of fixing your marriage, you renovate the kitchen.

A new kitchen looks good. But it's not going to fix a broken marriage. The best dishwasher in the world is not going to fix a lack of communication skills. A Sub-Zero refrigerator is not going to warm up two cold hearts.