Is marriage a bad investment ?

[E-Ann-Hilden]

Depends on whom you marry.

I still don't believe marriage or divorce statistics.

It should be much more difficult to divorce.

Easy Divorce is Socialist Communism. :hatsoff:

The Marxist/Communist Manifesto

"Encourage promiscuity and Easy Divorce."

Thanks for providing communist and socialist reasons for all aspects of life and what they entail!

:glugglug:

 

[E-Ann-Hilden]

Not for me. It'll be 31 years and counting for me later this month. I'm wealthy in more ways than you can count from being married. From many aspects, marriage is a contractual arrangement that is rife with advantages. Divorce, on the other hand.....:eek:

:glugglug::hatsoff::thumbsup:

 

[Will E Worm]

This is what you believe? You really aren't as smart as I thought you were.

Says the little man who has a Bible verse as his signature.

Not to boast, but I am much more intelligent than I'm credited.

Thanks for providing communist and socialist reasons for all aspects of life and what they entail!

:glugglug:

You're welcome. :hatsoff:

Socialist Communist Fascists. :cussing: :ak47:

I can't stand them.

 

[Torre82]

But.. but.. I thought we were friends, ya little cute cupcake! Just because I want to impose our collective will on you doesnt mean we cant be happy during the whole conversion process!

D&D players would call this 'true neutral'. Now that Obama is in power I'm free to make fun of all sides. I like the change of power but I'm free to hobnob with the other sides since they're licking their wounds and aching for a new regime.

But, eh.. change is always good. Change is progress. Obama's change? Not for me to say. I'd like to say so.. but he's a politician. An idealist. He might be saying the sky's the limit.

But as a realist I know that whatever he proposes this term will be repealed halfway next term. Whatever advances he makes will be in the history books yet hated for the next decade.

Change is assured whether you're bush or Obama. The only constant.. is change. The black guy just happened to capitalize on it. What's more American than that? LOL
Cmon Will, wear the red flag, cmon.

 

[Will E Worm]

But.. but.. I thought we were friends, ya little cute cupcake! Just because I want to impose our collective will on you doesnt mean we cant be happy during the whole conversion process!

No one will ever impose their will on me.

I can agree to disagree. :hatsoff:

 

[Kingfisher]

Yes.

 

[copeo]

If she IS the right one... she IS the right one...

If HE is the right one... he IS the right one...

NOBODY is the right one by marrying in Las Vegas over there in the US...


:1orglaugh



P.S.: use condomes!

 

[Embryoyo]

Agree with copeo on his first 3 of 4 statements, forget the P.S.
I'm sure I will know when I actually want to marry the woman I'm with...

 

[D-rock]

You know your going to be in trouble when you start looking at marriage as an investment instead of a spiritual union.

 

[Roughneck]

Wasn't there a thread here a while back blasting marriage as a 'failed' institution?

I may have said this before but I'll say it again: "Marriage" as an institution hasn't really changed. People's expectations however, have.

There ain't no such thing as a "fairy tale, happy" marriage.

As with any relationship, it has to be worked on.
Every.
Single.
Day.


Far too many people today IMHO - either get married for the wrong reasons or once married, give up on their marriage too easily.

I also believe that "divorce" carries little to no stigma in our society today and that this 'lack' of stigma encourages thoughtless behavior.

Now, don't get me wrong. I believe adults should be free to behave as they please (as long as everyone involved consents/agrees) - be it monogamy, polygamy, polyandry, "shacking up" (my wife and I have never 'formally married' - ever hear of common-law-wife?), same-sex, opposite-sex, multiple-sex, whatever.

As long as the parties involved consent to it, I have no problems.

And I'm not saying that everyone who is divorced is a thoughtless person - naturally individual accounts vary.


But dissing marriage - as an institution itself - just because there are many failed marriages today makes about as much sense as blaming your keyboard for your typographical errors.

The keyboard isn't the problem, the typist is. Similarly, marriage isn't the problem, but the folks getting married are.

I hate to sound like I'm 'sermonizing' but like I've often told my children: 'Marriage' isn't a joke. Before you get seriously involved with someone, you better damn well know what you're doing - because your actions do have consequences.

No Im married it is a two way street and you have to go into a marriage with a good heart It will be hard time but the good will out weigh the bad.It is what you make out of a marriage.Don't BS keep it real Marriages end because people think it is a game

(emphasis mine) Great point!

I've been married to my wife for over 40+ years now. I've done many dumb things in my life but the decision to marry her was one of the best things I ever did :lovecoupl

She truly is the 'keeper of my conscience'

Not for me. It'll be 31 years and counting for me later this month. I'm wealthy in more ways than you can count from being married. From many aspects, marriage is a contractual arrangement that is rife with advantages. Divorce, on the other hand.....:eek:

Congrats Jagger and your spouse!! :hatsoff:

cheers,
R.

 

[anairhead999]

you just have to find the right person and stick with them forever