Better be an old man's darling than a young ma



Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.

Prov. A young woman should prefer to marry an old man who dotes on her rather than a young man who may treat her badly. When Mr. Nash proposed to me, I thought he was too old, but my mother advised me, "Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave." When Marion's friends objected that her fiance was much too old for her, she said, "Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave."
See also: better, darling, old, slave, young

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MariËTte-Dutch
Gethin-Welsh
Kari (2)KAH-reeFinnish
SuryaSOOR-yah (Indonesian)Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Indonesian
Haruhah-ṙooJapanese
Hiba-Arabic