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of course not
I'm married te right person, who was sent me by God. I don't want nobody else in my life. An I say that afeter 8 years of marriage, and 10 years of being an item.
posted by
Brian76
on September 25, 2007 at 4:11 AM
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Latex gloves? She better be careful, those cause allergies...
posted by
Pat_B
on September 22, 2007 at 7:24 AM
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Wiley......
I see the sharp wit is still there.......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on September 22, 2007 at 6:20 AM
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Corbin-Dallas
Hmmm, almost as interesting as procs' comment. LOL Folks other than Christians got married I'm sure.....anyway I never understood why if love is blind and marriage is an institution, why folks willingly enter and institution for the blind.....LOL
posted by
WileyJohn
on September 21, 2007 at 9:28 PM
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Pragmatic yet smart
posted by
Matie
on September 21, 2007 at 7:58 PM
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I think the whole concept of marriage is based on Christian principle's
and it was meant to be a lifetime comittment. Thats what seperates it from all the other pale imitations of the real thing. Lifetime means through thick and through thin etc etc. Im not advocating people staying in abusive marriages but some of the reasons why people leave are pretty weak and shameful. Why bother to put yourself through the sham of a temporary marriage because you are basically going into marriage without the weapons needed to work at keeping it permanent. Intention is one of the strongest things to keep marriage going. Its like people saying they are a little pregnant. you are either pregnant or not. With marriage you are in it for the long haul or not at all. And does this idiot take into account all the children who will be the innocent victims of all these temporary marriages? Maybe a solution would be to steralize all those who participate temporary marriage.
posted by
proc
on September 21, 2007 at 5:32 PM
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I think it's a fine idea myself ( course I am not good marriage material either)
posted by
Offy
on September 21, 2007 at 2:20 PM
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Every site I looked at said the rate was.......
from 41 to 50%......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on September 21, 2007 at 2:13 PM
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If people are going to post statistics, please post them accurately.
The divorce rate is not 70%, it's more like 50%, and the MEDIAN length of a marriage ending in divorce is 8 years (half last longer, half not as long). So to say that most marriages last less than 5 years is statistically inaccurate.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on September 21, 2007 at 1:22 PM
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Re: Don't really see the purpose of that.
I'm with YOU, Sheilah on this.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on September 21, 2007 at 1:08 PM
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I'm with M. on this one. Marriages tend to end about 70% of the time. It
generally occurs in five years or less. Think of the millions of dollars and euros saved just in court costs alone if people knew they were getting out of an unhappy marriage without having to go through all that crap. And many marriages fall apart simply due to the strain of their own expectations and constraints, so, if the marriage license actually expired, that particular constraint would not actually apply. And for those who want to continue, they could renew. And for those who did not want to seek couseling, work it out, or simply wanted to go their separate ways, well, after five years, they would be free to do as they wish. They could always get the marriage nullified or a divorce before the expiration date -- for abuse, irreconcilable differences, whatever. It's a win-win all around, I believe. Got to hand it to the German's -- pragmatic as ever...
posted by
saul_relative
on September 21, 2007 at 1:01 PM
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Corbin.....
They always find ways to make money. How about a marriage made in heaven?
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on September 21, 2007 at 9:45 AM
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Don't really see the purpose of that.
Divorse rates are already so high because of people not putting the extra effort into marriage. With expration dates why put in any effort at all? Why get married anyways... might as well just move in and move out whenever we want.
posted by
Sheilah
on September 21, 2007 at 7:59 AM
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Obviously, this isn't based on personal experience ...
However, it appears to me that most marriages run their course after about four years, actually.
When Gary told me he was having trouble with his wife, I had to laugh.
Not because of what he said, but because of a joke I thought of.
I told him the joke, but he didn't laugh very much.
Some friend he is!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on September 21, 2007 at 6:48 AM
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