What's the point of Marriage?

[BadMoon]

Marry me?

Damn you beat me to it.

 

[El Roranous]

Maybe you guys could get married.

I have already proposed... I am waiting for him to sign the pre nup....

 

[BadMoon]

I have already proposed... I am waiting for him to sign the pre nup....

Neither one of you want babies so it's perfect.

 

[BadMoon]

Loki he is waiting!

 

[pixletwin]

Rory if you love Baby Jesus and Uncle Sam you will get married...


If not then may introduce you to your eternal companion?

Rory date) meet Stan devil)

 

[BadMoon]

Rory if you love Baby Jesus and Uncle Sam you will get married...


If not then may introduce you to your eternal companion?

Rory date) meet Stan devil)

Oh don't get all Teemu now.

 

[El Roranous]

It's true... And I hate that people are like that. I wish we could just let some of our insecurities die, so we can move on as a people.

I applaud your choice, it takes guts to say that and to stick to your guns.

Believe me when I say I get ^^^^ for it every time.

The sad part is people are just too traditional for my liking. It's the reason we won't have a woman president for a loooooooong time and also the reason Obama will suffer. We would rather have a white guy in that office- why because that's just the way it needs to be. Why are all president's religious? Why do most to all of them have military experience? Why are all of them filthy rich? Some may say those are the qualities we need in a leader but I strongly believe it's just because of tradition and people feel the most comfortable keeping things the way they are. Rocking the boat might mean they can fall off.

It's this way with so many other things in life.

 

[barbelith]

You obviously have a very romantic view of marriage which it can be but you can't have marriage without the contract which brings in my side.

You don't need a contract to marry. You obtain a license for legal purposes. That's not remotely the same thing. The rest of your post merely reinforces my previous entry.

 

[CAhobbit]

I do 100% support SEPARATE bank accounts.
We pick which bills each pays and dont mix our $$$.

This should be the case no matter if you're married or not. I've heard too many horror stories over the years of people losing all their money due to their partner wiping out the bank account.

 

[Darth Loki]

Maybe you guys could get married.

What? You jealous? You afraid someone else might enjoy smacking my balls?

 

[Darth Loki]

I have already proposed... I am waiting for him to sign the pre nup....

I have the better statues so sure I'll sign

 

[BadMoon]

What? You jealous? You afraid someone else might enjoy smacking my balls?

 

[El Roranous]

You don't need a contract to marry. You obtain a license for legal purposes. That's not remotely the same thing. The rest of your post merely reinforces my previous entry.

No it doesn't. A license binds you. You get married and you will have to sign up. You want out of this "non-contract" then you need to file papers and seek legal console.

You are grasping at straws here now. You must admit love is not what marriage is, especially not alone. you can be a romantic about all of this but at the end of the day, if you get married there are both financial and legal contracts present and these contracts are just as important in the foundation as love is.

 

[El Roranous]

This should be the case no matter if you're married or not. I've heard too many horror stories over the years of people losing all their money due to their partner wiping out the bank account.

Where's the love? Isn't that what marriage is all about? Why is it considered selfish to not protect yourself against something like this?

 

[El Roranous]

I have the better statues so sure I'll sign

 

[tomandshell]

Wife gets fat, you stop getting some, children are annoying...

My wife hasn't gotten fat. Our love life is better after ten years of marriage than ever before. I love my kids.

So the negative statements listed above aren't as universal as one might think.

 

[El Roranous]

My wife hasn't gotten fat. Our love life is better after ten years of marriage than ever before. I love my kids.

So the negative statements listed above aren't as universal as one might think.

I know Tom, it was a stereo type used to stir up some conversation.

I often use the term fat too often. My apologies.

 

[barbelith]

You are grasping at straws here now. You must admit love is not what marriage is, especially not alone.

Let's take a poll and see, shall we? I am willing to bet the vast majority of people in this thread married for love and no other reason.

As to your misunderstanding of the difference between contracts and licenses, well, I can only assume you don't drive.

 

[CAhobbit]

Where's the love? Isn't that what marriage is all about? Why is it considered selfish to not protect yourself against something like this?

Love exists inside and outside of marriage so I wouldn't say that marriage is all about love (though it is a driving factor for many that do get married). And I've not heard anyone claim that having a separate bank account was a selfish act.

 

[Eli26]

I believe in marriages... well, my parent's.

Overall, ask Rory.