The Marriage of Mr. and Mrs.Bennet

"Mr. Bennet was so odd mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three and twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character" (last paragraph of chapter 1).

From this sentence alone we can see that Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's marriage was not one that was gone into out of love. I think it more add to do with convience, they don't seem to work well together or have the same values. Mrs. Bennet wants to see all her daughters get married, that being her goal in life and Mr. Bennet does not seem to think that it needs to be such a big deal. Mr. Bennet thinks of his wife as more of a friend, than he does a spouse, which is why he continuously makes jokes about her. I think their marriage is going to effect how they look at the marriages of their daughters, and what they feel is appropriate.