July 27th will be 8 years of marriage! The best thing about marriage is that now you'll have a partner in crime! We plan to take over the world some day! It's us against the WORLD!!!! Seriously though. Being married brings joy, peace, contentedness. And someone to always watch yer back! This is especially true for us due to the fact that we have made the decision not to have kids. We're both selfish, love to travel, love each others company, and always know the punchline to our own private jokes!
this is exactly why i'm not looking to be married until about 35. i'm 27 now, and very selfish. i want to wake up and not have to be considerate of anyone else's feelings of what am i gonna do. just get up and go. i do look forward to having a family eventually, but marriage is way too much for me.
Of course Faos says all this while scanning about 100 Jessica Alba sites for any new pics... lol! *EDIT* : oh great, and then I go and see he's started a "subtle lesbianism in sports thread"!
Isn't that just a myth? It may have been true a hundred years ago but, today's research shows that both men and women benefit from marriage. The myth that marriage makes women unhappy was recently brought up in a sociology class I took last spring. I'm too lazy to dig up the articles the class reviewed but here is a link to at least one bit of research debunking assumptions about marriage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2291731.stm Oh, and congratulations NBAHOU713!! I've been married 6 years (together for 10) and the good feelings haven't gone away.
I'll be getting married in about two weeks. As for the best part of marriage, isn't finding someone you'd actually want to spend the rest of your life with reward enough?
what's a good age to get married???...just wondering what y'all think...i mean if you hav'nt found the right one..how long do you wait for her....any of you married men care to share?
There is no "good age"... it's when you're mature, can handle the responsibilities, and know it's what you want to do. Don't go by any age charts or what age others you know are getting married. Do it because you know you want to do it, not because "it's the thing to do".
This is my problem with marraige. Why does society, in general, think you are happier when you are married? It is the only aspect of human life where everyone thinks you're better off by doing it, rather than not. If you don't partake, you're thought to be disillusioned, bitter, immature, or somewhat less than others. Seems like a very arbritrary aspect to pick to base happiness on. What if I were to say everyone who eats meat is less happy than vegetarians? Those who eat meat are immature and have to grow up. They're bitter towards life and they'd be happier if they gave it up? Sounds equally stupid to me. I just don't get why marraige is the one thing that 99.99999% of the human population agrees upon as being necessary to have a fulfilling life. Its ludicrous.
drapg, I'm with you bro on this one. Don't get me wrong - if I meet the right person and we are both in love with one another, then marriage will be the greatest thing to have. However, I don't think it is the end of the world if I die single.
Don't let society tell you that you ought to be married, especially if it makes you settle for the wrong person. There is no right age to get married, and you're never too old. You can, however, be too young. If you feel you should marry someone, but have any serious doubts or feel unfulfilled or wish things had turned out differently, just don't do it. Better to stop it now while you don't have to go to court and feel guilty about it. Some people are just as happy not married, especially at certain times in their lives. Others just need to wait for the right person to come along. And, as for the myth about women in marriage: I noticed that all the married women I knew seemed to lose their personalities. It just seemed like it didn't matter anymore. I wondered what it was. They wouldn't admit to being unhappy. So I just had to go and try getting married to see what it was all about. (well, not really, but you get the point) I think a lot of women feel insecure or undesirable. That ring is a social status symbol that you belong. Sometimes they realize too late that they could have done better.
