Painterly open blank book beside a miniature steaming bathtub, folded towels and a small candle.

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Real Estate Agent

I am telling you, room in the bathroom is what has saved more marriages than Oprah and Dr. Phil combined.

— Friday Night Lights • 2006

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The real estate agent claims a roomy bathroom has saved more marriages than two famous TV advice hosts put together. It's a sales pitch dressed up as relationship wisdom. The joke is in treating extra bathroom space as the secret to staying together.

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