On May 14, 10:10=A0am, General Specific <brad_pitst...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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
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> > > to your share. =A0I got married because I believe that standing up
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> > > 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 --
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> > > 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
> > will never feel it for myself.- Hide quoted text -
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> Could it be that you're a sociopath?
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I guess it's possible.
> Many of us marry and have kids and for us the reasons are obvious.
> For us, family is something that is bigger than us. =A0I would rather
> spend time at home with my kids than anything else.
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I like to spend time alone 90% of the time. It's the other 10% of the
time that really sucks.
> Why is it that you don't have the urge to pair?
I don't know
> Why is it that you are devoid of interpersonal connections?
I don't know
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