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A wife is a wife… No matter who you are!

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59 Comments

59 Comments

  1. iMuslim

    May 29, 2008 at 10:23 AM

    I’m not sure what you’re trying to say (or why) Amad, but in any case, I am sure of one thing: he deserved it!

  2. Amad

    May 29, 2008 at 10:35 AM

    I think a lot of husbands can empathize with lion “king”.

  3. Ahmed

    May 29, 2008 at 10:44 AM

    I think iMuslim’s comment proved Amad’s point :)

  4. ibnabeeomar

    May 29, 2008 at 10:51 AM

    i think he asked her whats wrong, and she said you should already know

  5. Shirtman

    May 29, 2008 at 11:10 AM

    Interesting post..

  6. SaqibSaab

    May 29, 2008 at 11:14 AM

    You guys have it all wrong. The captions are as follows.

    Lioness
    : Can you hear anything?

    Lion: Hold on, I’m trying to make out what they’re saying! Something about a transfer to San Diego???

    Lioness
    : Those blasted humans! Next time they come bring us food I’m gonna have them for lunch!

  7. samira

    May 29, 2008 at 11:30 AM

    lol! :)

  8. abuhunain

    May 29, 2008 at 11:50 AM

    He should just say, “I’m sorry honey!“.

  9. UmA

    May 29, 2008 at 12:05 PM

    well she does all the hunting

  10. Hassan

    May 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM

    I can totally relate to it.

  11. ibnabeeomar

    May 29, 2008 at 12:12 PM

    WHAT DO YOU MEAN SECOND WIFE?????????????

  12. SaqibSaab

    May 29, 2008 at 12:15 PM

    HAHAHA. Listen, sister, Islam allows limited polygyny, okay?

  13. Amad

    May 29, 2008 at 12:16 PM

    well she does all the hunting

    Yes, she does all the hunting and all the hAunting as well.

    What is interesting is that so many Muslim men would relate to this post, not dissimilar to most other cultures. So much for the oppressed-wife stereotype when even Hassan, the punjabi sher, relates to it! In fact, I would venture to guess that the majority of desi husbands are essentially hen-pecked, even if they act like lions outside :) At least, that’s what my wife wants me to believe :)

  14. H

    May 29, 2008 at 12:22 PM

    WHAT DO YOU MEAN SECOND WIFE?????????????

    Lion: I mean, I think, please listen… I thought you need some help around the home and to tear apart all those bambis, don’t you? I was really thinking about you darling…

  15. AHmed Eid

    May 29, 2008 at 12:58 PM

    HAHAHAHAHA!

  16. Hassan

    May 29, 2008 at 1:14 PM

    Lion may be the king of jungle, but a slave at home.

  17. AnonyMouse

    May 29, 2008 at 1:39 PM

    :lol:

  18. True Virtues

    May 29, 2008 at 1:50 PM

    HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. GOLDEN.

  19. Alima

    May 29, 2008 at 1:54 PM

    Now that is a classic! A wife certainly is a wife…lol….

    He should just say sorry!

  20. OM

    May 29, 2008 at 1:59 PM

    What is it with you?! You waltz into the den at one in the morning redolent of lioness and don’t see anything the matter!

  21. Siraaj Muhammad

    May 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM

    Lioness: How does my breath smell?

  22. Alima

    May 29, 2008 at 2:51 PM

    Lioness: I want to go to an AlMaghrib course, i want to go, YOU PROMISED MISTER! Grrrrrrr

    Lion: I know honey, but i..i..i..ummm….c..c..can..t…can i have my keys please.

    Lioness: *twinckle in the eye* you need your keys eh? hahahaha

    Lion: uh oh

    SubhanAllah that made me laugh

    A woman can control her husband by her treatment towards him….he trully becomes the slave of the house….lol….well sometimes!

  23. BintHawwa

    May 29, 2008 at 3:12 PM

    aww subhanAllah, the poor lion looks defeated.

    I will not nag at my husband- for today atleast! :D

  24. MR

    May 29, 2008 at 5:00 PM

    Who’s Yo Daddy!

  25. jojo

    May 29, 2008 at 6:41 PM

    yes, yes, darling, you haven’t gained a pound and that new hide looks just perfect.

  26. jojo

    May 29, 2008 at 6:43 PM

    another growl later…

    that was a size L hide, not your “regular” M? now, now, let me look carefully, it does look loose on you… why didn’t you buy the right size girl?

  27. True Virtues

    May 29, 2008 at 7:59 PM

    Lionness: The other lioness said my breath stinks…. what do you think?

    Lion: Umm.. *backs into corner

  28. Anisa

    May 29, 2008 at 11:32 PM

    She caught him checking out another lioness.
    Lol

  29. Anisa

    May 29, 2008 at 11:33 PM

    Lioness: I’ll repeat the question again: do I look fat?!

    lol

    Lion: Well..

  30. DocMK

    May 30, 2008 at 12:05 AM

    Hilarious comments!!

  31. Muslimah

    May 30, 2008 at 8:45 AM

    Lion: Honey, please, not today… don’t make a scene…the school kids are outside our cage….

    Lioness: scene, SCENE???! I’LL SHOW YOU A SCENE!!!

  32. Amy

    May 30, 2008 at 3:52 PM

    Go sit in the corner and stay there until you’re ready to apologize.

  33. Hayaat

    May 30, 2008 at 4:33 PM

    Hahaha! Some of your comments are funny guys!

  34. VM

    May 30, 2008 at 6:14 PM

    hahah, totally awesome. :P

  35. theManOfFewWords

    May 30, 2008 at 6:25 PM

    “Yeesh, all I said was it could use a little more salt.”

  36. sincethestorm

    May 30, 2008 at 10:26 PM

    All I have to say is that the photographer has gotta be a man…and i’d just like to point out a guy posted it too!
    HAHA…

  37. roar

    May 31, 2008 at 12:55 AM

    You forgot to take out the trash, AGAIN!!!!

  38. Seeker7

    May 31, 2008 at 9:01 AM

    Lion: I just wanted to go hang out with the boys! Take it easy honey!

    Lioness: take it easy?! TAKE… IT…. EASY?!?! I’ll show you EASY! RAAWWRRRR

    Lion: ahh..**whimpers** please please i’m soorryyy! I won’t do it again!! **backs into a corner**

  39. Nell

    May 31, 2008 at 5:23 PM

    READ MY JAWS! Not another wiFe!

  40. usman

    May 31, 2008 at 5:26 PM

    Some of the comments are hilarious. but i have got to say women just always want to control…was up wit that sisters…anyway it was funny

  41. US

    May 31, 2008 at 8:36 PM

    Hey, anyone who can relate emotionally to the above image may want to consider reading:

    Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus
    and

    Mars and Venus Together Forever: Relationship Skills for Lasting Love

    The latter is awesome sisters:) Please read it. I kid you not, the $15.00 will change the way you deal with men.

    Brother may wish to browse through it if they feel like they just don’t get women and their “feelings”; if they don’t, it’s no big deal.

  42. Narmi

    May 31, 2008 at 10:14 PM

    I showed this to my wife and the first thing she said was “stupid lazy lion, that’s why they get yelled at.” lol

  43. jojo16

    May 31, 2008 at 11:26 PM

    Lioness: How do I look?
    Lion: Well….the fur behind your
    Lioness: (HUGE roar)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Lion: You look great! :)

  44. harxxn

    June 1, 2008 at 7:31 AM

    Maybe he just has a hearing problem
    :s

  45. Seeker7

    June 1, 2008 at 11:21 AM

    This is like the funniest post I read in a long time….A caption winner should be chosen!!

  46. US

    June 1, 2008 at 7:50 PM

  47. Umm Reem

    June 2, 2008 at 8:24 AM

    “wife-o-phobia”?!

  48. TheSussist

    June 2, 2008 at 2:16 PM

    Caption is simple:

    CHUDDOO

  49. bintazim

    June 3, 2008 at 9:06 AM

    What is interesting is that so many Muslim men would relate to this post, not dissimilar to most other cultures. So much for the oppressed-wife stereotype when even Hassan, the punjabi sher, relates to it! In fact, I would venture to guess that the majority of desi husbands are essentially hen-pecked, even if they act like lions outside At least, that’s what my wife wants me to believe

    But the men forget that in every other culture the woman walks out for the smallest thing that she cant adjust to. Its only us that really give in and give in and keep giving in!! So there are days when we deserve to be like the lioness in the pic!!

  50. shif

    June 3, 2008 at 3:27 PM

    You forgot to add this:

    “*Please note that the opinions expressed in this post, like all op-ed pieces on MM, represent the viewpoint of the author, and are not necessarily endorsed by all MM writers*”

    This is such a widely-read site, yet I find some of your articles are too biased.

  51. Hassan

    June 3, 2008 at 3:40 PM

    shif said:

    You forgot to add this:

    “*Please note that the opinions expressed in this post, like all op-ed pieces on MM, represent the viewpoint of the author, and are not necessarily endorsed by all MM writers*”

    This is such a widely-read site, yet I find some of your articles are too biased.

    Unfortunately truth has bias. You show me a picture of lion shouting at lioness.

  52. Asif

    June 4, 2008 at 1:24 PM

    Lion: Brothers stayed for a little longer and I forgot to wash the…..

    Lioness: whatttt,

  53. fais

    June 5, 2008 at 5:22 PM

    im reading something completely different from the pic… too me it looks like the lion is wasted, maybe tried to sneak in late at night after a “haram night out” only to catch the mrs. awake and waiting…

    lioness…”WHOSE WHISKERS ARE THOSE ON YOUR MANE!!!!”

    Astagh! silly kafirs…

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  55. ummahzy

    November 1, 2008 at 7:54 PM

    A salaamu aleikum

    I’m new to this sight and perhaps I don’t fit in, but I’m Muslim
    so
    my opinion matters :-)

    All jokes aside
    this is not the way Allah wants us to treat each other

    considering the status of most marriages and people’s fears about entering marriage (thus leaving themselves at risk of committing sin)

    I wish we wouldn’t spend so much time joking about this

    If today’s women are whiners, complainers, lashing out at their husbands…

    It seems both men AND women are at fault.

    Sisters ought to do their best to show their husbands respect
    Brothers ought to do their best to maintain the respect of their wives.

    Give us reason to admire you, to be pleased with you, to be proud of you.

    perhaps the ingredients for happily ever after.

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  57. mystrugglewithin

    February 14, 2009 at 10:53 PM

    question! Can’t she be the mom of the lion-son?! He looks younger :D

  58. abu abdAllah Tariq Ahmed

    February 15, 2009 at 2:38 AM

    Lioness: “I’ve brought you dinner for the last five years, put up with all your bad habits, and taught your cubs every useful thing they know — and you walk in here saying Practimate looks like a good idea?!?!?!?!?” If you like Shaykh Yaser so much, maybe you should go live in his den!

  59. marryhalal

    February 24, 2009 at 11:42 AM

    WHAT DO YOU MEAN, A SECOND WIFE?!

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