I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

This line is widely attributed to comedian Rita Rudner and is typically presented as a stand‑alone joke from her stage persona about marriage. Rudner’s comedy in the late 1980s–1990s often drew on domestic life and relationships, using a light, self-deprecating tone and a “nice” delivery to land sharper observations. The quote functions as a punchline built on the contrast between the romantic ideal of finding “one special person” and the everyday reality of long-term partnership, where familiarity invites teasing and minor irritations. However, I cannot confidently identify the specific performance, recording, or publication in which Rudner first delivered this exact wording.

The joke reframes romantic idealism in deliberately petty, everyday terms: the “one special person” is not defined by grand passion but by the intimacy that makes teasing—and being teased—safe and enduring. The humor comes from the collision of sentimental language (“one special person”) with a mischievous, slightly abrasive truth about long-term partnership: closeness includes irritation, habits, and playful antagonism. Beneath the punchline is an affectionate claim about commitment—marriage is portrayed as a durable bond where annoyance is not a threat but a sign of familiarity and comfort.