Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave proverb
A woman should marry a old man who will treat her well than a young man.
A: "I can't believe that she is 24 years younger than her husband." B: " Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave."
In the hope that something will become better in the future despite bad or failed experience in the past
Used to refer to the births, marriages, and deaths sections of newspaper
To abandon someone you was going to marry at the wedding ceremony just before it is supposed to happen
To marry someone who is in a higher social class or status than onself
To marry someone who belongs to a lower social class or status than oneself
This saying, one of John Heywood’s many proverbs, was first published in 1546 as a rhyming verse.