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16 May 2019, 2:42 pm
Fnord wrote:
kdm1984 wrote:
Comparing marriage to tobacco use is so absurd that it's comedic.
I did not compare marriage to tobacco. I compared a fictional "Marriage General's Warning" to the actual "Surgeon General's Warning", and suggested that such a warning would be ineffective.kdm1984 wrote:
Half of marriages also last until death, and those families are the better for the stability they provided their children.
I certainly agree with that, but only insofar as those children that are not born into loveless marriages.kdm1984 wrote:
What, would you rather have children born out of wedlock in fatherless homes? Yeah, great idea there...not.
Now you're just projecting and being facetious. I am not advocating against marriage. I am advocating against people thinking that marriage is something to be taken lightly. Thus the warning.I’ve often seen religious people marry just so they can have some God-approved sex. In my frequent observations of this (well, not of the sex
), it doesn’t tend to lead to long term, marital bliss.
16 May 2019, 2:44 pm
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16 May 2019, 3:10 pm
Twilightprincess wrote:
I’ve often seen religious people marry just so they can have some God-approved sex. In my frequent observations of this (well, not of the sex ), it doesn’t tend to lead to long term, marital bliss.
), it doesn’t tend to lead to long term, marital bliss.I was quite religious when we were getting married and this point was important for me.
I was also aware that there is no "and they lived happily ever after" - life is full of challenges both before and after marriage.
But, honestly, all the ideology had melted with the expirience of finding each other a few years before the ceremony. It was just about making things clear before God and the society.
16 May 2019, 3:25 pm
16 May 2019, 3:32 pm
magz wrote:
Twilightprincess wrote:
I’ve often seen religious people marry just so they can have some God-approved sex. In my frequent observations of this (well, not of the sex ), it doesn’t tend to lead to long term, marital bliss.
I was quite religious when we were getting married and this point was important for me. I was also aware that there is no "and they lived happily ever after" -- life is full of challenges both before and after marriage. But, honestly, all the ideology had melted with the experience of finding each other a few years before the ceremony. It was just about making things clear before God and the society. ), it doesn’t tend to lead to long term, marital bliss."I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."
"I was asking a friend who has children, 'What if I have a baby and I dedicate my life to it and it grows up to hate me, and it blames everything wrong with its life on me?' And she said, 'If?'”
"I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them."
"If your husband has difficulty in getting to sleep, the words, 'We need to talk about our relationship' may help."
"If you never want to see a man again say, 'I love you, I want to marry you, I want to have your children'. Sometimes they leave skid marks."
... and my favorite:
"When I date a guy, I think, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend every-other weekend with?"
16 May 2019, 5:15 pm
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16 May 2019, 5:33 pm
Fnord wrote:
magz wrote:
Twilightprincess wrote:
I’ve often seen religious people marry just so they can have some God-approved sex. In my frequent observations of this (well, not of the sex ), it doesn’t tend to lead to long term, marital bliss.
I was quite religious when we were getting married and this point was important for me. I was also aware that there is no "and they lived happily ever after" -- life is full of challenges both before and after marriage. But, honestly, all the ideology had melted with the experience of finding each other a few years before the ceremony. It was just about making things clear before God and the society. ), it doesn’t tend to lead to long term, marital bliss."I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."
"I was asking a friend who has children, 'What if I have a baby and I dedicate my life to it and it grows up to hate me, and it blames everything wrong with its life on me?' And she said, 'If?'”
"I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them."
"If your husband has difficulty in getting to sleep, the words, 'We need to talk about our relationship' may help."
"If you never want to see a man again say, 'I love you, I want to marry you, I want to have your children'. Sometimes they leave skid marks."
... and my favorite:
"When I date a guy, I think, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend every-other weekend with?"
Yeah. I think of marital bliss as loving someone even though that person drives you nuts sometimes.
