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Why do some people think that dating someone for 3, 4, 5 months, even up to a year constitutes as long enough to get engaged and married???

I know everyone is different, but if you are still really young and have a semi disfunctional relationship, why the hell would you think getting married is going to solve your problems?

Or are you just NUTS?!?!? Do you people know why our divorce rate is so high? It is partly due to idiots like you who are all smitten after two weeks of knowing someone, and then deciding it would be a great idea to take a stroll down the aisle. Does anyone take marriage seriously anymore??? People get engaged, married, and then divorced all within a year these days... it's, for a lack of a better word, RIDICULOUS.

Marriage should be a union between two MATURE ADULTS who have spent years learning and growing together, sacrificing, going through ups and down and then coming out a better, stronger couple. Why are some people in such a rush? If you have found someone you think is special, and that person truly loves you then he/she will still be there if you wait and don't marry them tomorrow.

Just WAIT people. Slow down and get to know one another first and maybe, just maybe, your marriage will last longer than the rest of 50-something % of America. Just a thought.

Does anyone else feel as strongly as me about the divorce rate here in the states?


BB


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  • Fallyn said on Nov 08, 2007....
    i lived with a guy for WAY too long.....a tiny part that finally convinced me to leave......that i KNEW i could NEVER marry him.
    marriage meant too much to me.....even though we were living as though we were married and had kids......marriage really meant that much to me.
  • Brunettebmshell said on Nov 09, 2007....

    I'm glad to see someone else out there who takes marriage and it's sanctity as serious as I do Fallyn :-D

    My bf and I have been together for 7 years and have been living together for over a year, and I am still not ready to get married. I am young, which plays a large part because there are so many things I want to accomplish still.

    I just think it's silly for little 18-20-something year old twerps wanting to get married and rushing things because they claim they love each and know what love is all about. And sometimes, in certain relationships, love isn't even enough to help a marriage survive anyway ya know?

     

    BB

  • Fallyn said on Nov 09, 2007....
    me too.
    i know what it's about now...and wouldn't rush into it.
  • silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....
    personally, i think that you don't really get to know someone until the second year. heck, i was w/ my wife for 7 years before popping the question.

    having said that: i don't know that this is necessarily true for everyone: look at evil_twin and nursecutie.

    ed
  • Fallyn said on Nov 09, 2007....
    that is true. falling HARD for someone is really great.....if it can actually work out. *sigh* i think the one i'm in now kinda could have worked out if we weren't so far away from each other distance wise.
  • evil_twin said on Nov 09, 2007....
    I'm pretty sure you think I'm crazy then! I'm guilty as charged. And maybe my ideas on the subject are skewed? But I always felt like if you were with the right person, and you knew it, why should you wait forever to do it? If you live together for years and are not married, by the time you actually get around to doing it, some of the excitement of the moment has worn off. So many people I know who live with someone for a long time, always have the attitude, "it's like we're already married, so why bother?"

    I never wanted to feel that way myself. But maybe I am crazy? I do know that lots of others rush into this and are not thinking. And it ends badly. I sure hope I'm different though.

    -evil_twin LA
  • crybabylu said on Nov 09, 2007....
    I don't think marriage is for everyone.  Personally, I don't see the need for it unless you are going to have children, and then it needs to be decided on a personal business.  Marriage, to me, really is all to do about the heart.  Traditional marriage to me is unimportant, although i have one, i don't think it mattered one way or another.  Marriage is in the heart, paper or not.
  • silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....
    kyle quoth:
    if you live together for years and are not married, by the time you actually get around to doing it, some of the excitement of the moment has worn off.

    i dunno about that, man.

    ed
  • Twylarants said on Nov 09, 2007....
    What is marriage, really? I mean, aside from the religious beliefs attached to it, isn't it just a relationship "sanctioned" by some kind of ceremony, a party, gifts, the I.R.S, convention?
    I've never understood the reason for marrying.  Oh, I'm married because that's what my husband wanted, the silly Republican.  But we would still be together if we hadn't had the ceremony and been pronounced man and wife (it was almost 30 years ago... they actually said that back in the Stone Age), by the inebriated mayor of our town.
    I was married once before, in a church no less!  What was I thinking? Again, it was to make other people happy.  We dated for 2 years, had 4 kids in 7 years, divorced.
    3 years later I meet this guy, 5 months after that we get married, and here we are 100 years later, each still thinking the other is the best thing since sliced bread.
    It's the people, people, not the paper!
     Arguments for marriage:
      1. It's a commitment...
      2.The Bible commands it...
      3. It's harder to get out of a marriage...
      4.  It's for the future offspring...
      5. It's better financially... alimony and all that...

    My arguments against marriage:
     1. Any relationship is a commitment if you love each other...
     2. Does the Bible mention ceremonies and marriage licenses?  No, really..I don't know..does it?
     3. Yeah, legally..hardly a selling point in my opinion.  If I want to walk, I'll walk.  I'd    rather not have to pay a lawyer to help me get out of it.
     4. Single people adopt or give birth, gay couples adopt or give birth, unmarried couples adopt or give birth.  Do the offspring of a couple in a loving, happy relationship care whether or not their parents are married?  Are the children of an unhappily married couple better off because their parents have a marriage license?
     5. Ah, back to the "For love or money" post...
     I am one unconventional old lady.  Actually, one of 2...I just read Dee's comment.
    And she's religious!  See?  Both sides of the coin.
     

  • Brunettebmshell said on Nov 09, 2007....

    silver: I completely agree. The first year of dating your SO is like a walk in the park. Everything is new and exciting. There are no fights, because honestly, what is there to fight about? It's that second or third year that your true colors start to show because you become comfortable with them. 

    And like I mentioned, I know every relationship is different. My little tirade was mostly aimed at younger couples who have no experience in having long relationships and what it takes to make them work.

    fallyn: Those long distance relationships are tough :( I'm sorry. But some people are able to make them work so ya never know ;-) Maybe he can mover closer to you???

    evil: No, I don't think you are crazy at all. Like I told ed, 

    "I know every relationship is different. My little tirade was mostly aimed at younger couples who have no experience in having long relationships and what it takes to make them work". 

    It seems like you and your fiance are a bit more mature and have good heads on your shoulders. Good luck to both of you, I'm sure you two will live happily ever after :-) 


    BB
  • Brunettebmshell said on Nov 09, 2007....
    crybabylu & Twyla: Sorry, I seemed to have skipped over you... what a jerk ;-)

    I came from a really awful and messy divorce. I had two parents who constantly argued, screamed, shouted, pushed at one another, and neglected their children because of it. I vowed that when I got older and fell in love, that my relationship would be nothing like theirs, and that I would take marriage and all of it's sanctity extremely serious.

    Marriage means a lot to me. My relationship means a lot to me, and I know I don't have to get married to prove my love and devotion. But it's personally what I want. I want to seal it. I want to pledge my solemn vow to one person and one person only in front of all of my loved ones, and make it known that I'm in it 'till death do us part. I don't think marriage is for everyone, but it is for me. And that's just the way I feel about it :)


    BB
  • silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....
    brunette: thank you for the clarification--evidently, i missed that. :>

    ed
  • Brunettebmshell said on Nov 09, 2007....
    silver: Anytime ed! ;-)


    BB
  • lfbno7 said on Nov 10, 2007....
    I was 20 when I got married. What a moron.
  • lalalalalala said on Dec 09, 2007....

    I'm late on this but since I just got back to SC, I'm sure somebody will forgive me...I hope!

    I think marriage is not taken seriously, just like others may have mentioned above. Couples that I admire are the ones that have been cohabitating for years and don't see the need to ever marry. The more of life I experience, the more I believe that's the way it should be.

    However, I'm not knocking married couples. If they're making it work, congrats to them!

  • Brunettebmshell said on Jan 10, 2008....
    lfbno7 - No, not a moron I'd say, just very young and immature.

    Do you think we should have an age limit for getting married??? lol

    lalalalalala - Your name is fun to type, haha. Thanks for your input, and yes for certain couples just being together without exchanging vows is enough for them. And I think that is wonderful. But I think if they are planning on having children and what not, I think they should take the plunge and get married. I don't know, thats just me. :)
  • lalalalalala said on Jan 10, 2008....

    BB! Hey there! Sure, no prob. I respect your opinion on this.

    = ~ }P

    lala

  • lfbno7 said on Jan 11, 2008....
    I think it would be best to know someone for 25 years before getting married.
  • Brunettebmshell said on Jan 11, 2008....
    Thanks lala ;-)

    lfbno7 - Haha, I couldn't agree more ;) 

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