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3 strikes and I am out
no more marriage for me!! just friends with benefits and jimmy hats
posted by
ladychardonnay
on October 17, 2006 at 6:55 PM
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Both Excellent Comments
The trouble is we expect an institute invented by some fairly bright, myopic, culturally deprived, extremely limited horizon(s) tribesmen some 7,000 years ago to work today.
A lover, friend, companion, peer for 40 or more years shall I have, rather that a piece of furniture slave to be consumed in less than ten, then replaced with a youner one.
Yet, here there, marriage does work, and it is beautiful. 
posted by
FARSAILOR
on October 17, 2006 at 2:03 PM
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I read the article, too.
From the woman's point of view, we're given more options these days is terms of what we can do--work, etc. As a result, marriage is being pushed out of the picture. And, I think that people are getting married at later ages. I think part of this has to do with the higher divorce rates--marriage is getting easier and easier to get out of. So I think in the end people have a lesser view of marriage than they once did.
I was shocked to find that only about 24% of households in my state (New York) contain married couples--the lowest in the US.
posted by
Kasthu
on October 17, 2006 at 10:34 AM
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I think marriage is a farce . It is just a system to control your spouse
but it fails unless you like to be controlled wilfully .
posted by
afzal50
on October 17, 2006 at 10:32 AM
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