On May 9, 11:45=A0pm, Curse Of Millhaven <millha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 9, 1:09=A0pm, Dana <dcarp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 9, 2:44 am, Curse Of Millhaven <millha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Seems to me marriage went obsolete sometime in the last century.
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> > > Same goes for kids too.
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> > I got married because once I'd been with my now-husband for several
> > months I truly couldn't imagine any other way my life could go. =A0I
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> > married because the legal contract of marriage allows two people to
> > build a life together in a way that not being married -- even if you
> > live together for years and years -- does not; it allows far more
> > economic flexibility, because each of you knows that you're building
> > something for both of you, and if things *do* go wrong you're entitled
> > to your share. =A0I got married because I believe that standing up in
> > front of one another, one's family, one's friends, one's community,
> > and one's God, and making this degree of commitment -- including the
> > part about making it legally complicated and economically taxing -- to
> > give up, is a magical act, and that there are places one can go
> > emotionally as a result that one cannot go any other way.
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> > "Until one is committed
> > There is hesitancy, the chance to draw back
> > Always ineffectiveness.
> > Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation),
> > There is one elementary truth,
> > The ignorance of which kills countless ideas
> > And splendid plans:
> > That the moment one definitely commits oneself,
> > Then providence moves too.
> > All sorts of things occur to help one
> > That would never otherwise have occurred.
> > A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
> > Raising in one's favour all manner
> > Of unforeseen incidents and meetings
> > And material assistance,
> > Which no man could have dreamt
> > Would have come his way."
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> > Goethe
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> > I got married because I could not -- and cannot -- imagine any
> > greater, deeper joy for this life than to share it with him.
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> > It will be 13 years this Tuesday.
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> > Dana
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> Happy Anniversary. That was beautiful. You have such a way with words.
> It even now makes me doubt that love doesn't really exist even if I
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Could it be that you're a sociopath?
Many of us marry and have kids and for us the reasons are obvious.
For us, family is something that is bigger than us. I would rather
spend time at home with my kids than anything else.
Why is it that you don't have the urge to pair?
Why is it that you are devoid of interpersonal connections?
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