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| Thread ID: 106707 | 2010-01-20 02:17:00 | Men gain more from marriage | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 850166 | 2010-01-20 03:12:00 | Marriage doesnt really mean anything anyway, its just as easy to get out of a marriage as it is to get into one. Seeing as its no longer a life commitment it holds no meaning Bollocks... Spoken like a true idiot :) SWMBO and I have been 42 years wed this year. Wouldn't have swapped it for the world. Means a heck of a lot to us both. Please do not rubbish something of which you obviously have no knowledge!! Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 850167 | 2010-01-20 03:34:00 | Congratulations Ken & Mrs Ken, wishing you both many more years together. I'm also married, to my best and dearest friend. Takes two, both giving 75%, to make it work but it's well worth it. |
Sue (33) | ||
| 850168 | 2010-01-20 03:49:00 | Marriage doesnt really mean anything anyway, its just as easy to get out of a marriage as it is to get into one. Seeing as its no longer a life commitment it holds no meaning Marriage is standing before your family ,friends, community and your partner (and sometimes God) and stating this is what matters to me, and in order to maintain it, This is what I pledge. This is how I will live my life because I have something deserving of that effort. If you never get that then its your loss, and its not the same commitment as two people who just decide they will stay together as a couple. Just because some people are shallow or selfish doesn't make its meaningless. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 850169 | 2010-01-20 03:49:00 | I wasnt meaning to offend, its just hard from a 20y/os point of view to take marriage seriously, when every marriage around them seems to split. (and this isnt coming from a broken home point of view, my own parents happily married for 20 years) I'm all for settling with a woman and that lasting a lifetime, that is both a good effort by those involved and something that can be enjoyed for as long as they live. I just don't believe it makes any difference whether the two are married or not. Marriage is a commitment, but its the same commitment that any long relationship asks of the two involved. But you're right kenj, I know nothing at this point, maybe I'll think differently in 10 years |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 850170 | 2010-01-20 03:52:00 | Marriage is standing before your family ,friends, community and your partner (and sometimes God) and stating this is what matters to me, and in order to maintain it, This is what I pledge. This is how I will live my life because I have something deserving of that effort. You are wise beyond your years. I guess I kinda agree with that |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 850171 | 2010-01-20 04:39:00 | Marriage is standing before your family ,friends, community and your partner (and sometimes God) and stating this is what matters to me, and in order to maintain it, This is what I pledge. This is how I will live my life because I have something deserving of that effort. If you never get that then its your loss, and its not the same commitment as two people who just decide they will stay together as a couple. Just because some people are shallow or selfish doesn't make its meaningless. will have to disagree a little, have been with my partner now for 20 years now, two kids. The thought of marriage comes up every few years. We aren't against, just haven't got around to it. I'm committed no less in my relationship then a couple that is married. |
plod (107) | ||
| 850172 | 2010-01-20 04:51:00 | will have to disagree a little, have been with my partner now for 20 years now, two kids. The thought of marriage comes up every few years. We aren't against, just haven't got around to it. I'm committed no less in my relationship then a couple that is married. I can respect that. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 850173 | 2010-01-20 07:49:00 | We married because SWMBO asked me to marry her. I possibly wouldn't have otherwise although there are huge benefits, I was a crap bachelor. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 850174 | 2010-01-20 08:55:00 | My wife first took me out to dinner (and paid) on my 19th birthday. We have been together ever since and I am now 64 ("Will you still love me, will you still need me, when I'm 64?") We will have been married 44 years this year. I can recommend it. As far as pctek's quote is concerned, there have been times when I have supported the family financially, and there have been times when my wife has been the main breadwinner. But on the whole, the relationship has been of mutual benefit. I know one swallow doesn't make a summer, but on the basis of my experience, I think marriage can be very good for both men and women. Then of course, I must say that there is only one couple amongst our contemporaries who have lasted the distance. But almost all of them have got married again, even the ghastly ones. So they must see some good in it. |
John H (8) | ||
| 850175 | 2010-01-20 17:56:00 | Marriage. A wife. This pic says it all: www.imagef1.net.nz :D |
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