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Al Bundy was an unforgettable character on the Fox hit sitcom, “Married with Children.” For him, family life proved miserable. He had an unhealthy dislike for his wife and children and, to make things worse, worked at a dead-end job. Because of his misery, he was reduced to continually bring up his “glory days” of high school when he was a star running back and ladies’ man.

Let’s take a look at some famous ‘Bundyisms’ and debunk his miserable outlook on marriage:

• “Hooters, hooters, yum yum yum. Hooters, hooters, on a girl that’s dumb.”

Really, Al? You’d prefer a woman who is intellectually challenged? I’ve always found conversations with my intelligent wife to be quite stimulating, whether we’re talking about politics, sex, religion or whatever. It’s hard for me to believe you’d want your lifelong partner to be brainless. And what happens when her looks fade with age and you’re too old to hook up with a younger woman?

• “A man is a man all of his life, but a woman is only sexy until she becomes your wife.”

I’ll speak for all happily married men and say sex doesn’t have to be boring. I find it quite interesting to experiment with one person rather than multiple women. I love the satisfaction of knowing one woman is still crazy about me after all these years of marriage. Plus, I don’t have to worry about catching a sexually transmitted disease. Oh, and by the way, in my eyes my wife is still as sexy as she was in her early 20s. Today’s women can be just as sexy at 60 as they were at 20.

• Asked by his wife, Peggy, whether he loves her or not, Al replies: “I love football, I love beer. Let’s not cheapen the meaning of the word.”

I like football and ice-cold beer, too. However, I like beer the most when I’m drinking one with my wife and openly talking about our lives, our jobs, our children, etc. And I certainly do not love football or beer more than my wife, and for any man to say such a thing is extremely ignorant. I don’t want to live without any of them.