The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about

The words of Cher, singer, actress, and unflinching voice of candor, cut with wit as sharp as a blade: “The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing—and then marry him.” Beneath the laughter of this remark lies a sober truth about love and illusion. She warns that desire, when blinded by haste or shallow charm, can bind women to men unworthy of their devotion. The “nothing” she names is not only emptiness of character, but the absence of strength, honor, or depth.

The ancients, too, sang of this folly. In the tragedies of Euripides, women often gave their hearts to men who could not bear the weight of their love. Medea gave all to Jason, only to be betrayed by his hunger for power. Helen followed Paris, whose beauty masked his weakness, and through her the world was plunged into the fires of Troy. Cher’s jest, like these tales, reveals a pattern as old as time: that passion without discernment can bind a woman’s fate to emptiness.

Her humor also serves as warning and wisdom. It is not marriage itself she mocks, but the surrender of discernment in the face of fleeting attraction. The laughter hides a lesson: that women must guard their hearts, not letting the thrill of admiration disguise the absence of worth. For a union built on “nothing” soon collapses into regret, leaving behind only the shadow of promises never fulfilled.

Consider the life of Anne of Cleves, who was chosen as wife to Henry VIII. The king, excited by her portrait, married her quickly, only to declare disappointment when faced with reality. Though their union was brief, it stands as a lesson in Cher’s wisdom—that passion born of false impressions or shallow measures often leads to empty bonds. To “marry nothing” is not merely a jest, but a tragedy repeated through history.

Let the generations remember: love is not meant to be built on excitement alone, but on the solid ground of truth, respect, and shared strength. Cher, with her humor, teaches that discernment is as vital as passion, and that women, like men, must seek partners of substance, not shadows. Her words, though wrapped in jest, endure as both laughter and counsel: that to marry “nothing” is to bind oneself to emptiness, but to choose wisely is to build a union that endures like stone against the storms of time.