I Do and Do Not
I know two people who are currently putting together wedding plans. I know two people who are currently going through a divorce. Both of the divorcing friends had only been married for a couple years. The lived with their spouses prior to the marriage to make sure things would work out… then they got married and within two years were filing for divorce. My two friends who are getting married are currently living with their future spouses to make sure that it will work out.
My entire family (except me) has a divorce in their past. My parents, my brother, almost all my aunts and uncles; even my grandparents were divorced. So in my family divorce papers are handed out more then Christmas cards.
Now I’m 32 years old. I’ve never been married. I was engaged but as I got closer to the actually wedding, it just didn’t make sense. My ex-fiancée is now my roommate. It works. But people are looking at me funny – not married by 32? Well, there really is only one reason to get married, kids. If you want to have kids, then a marriage is a good idea. But if you are just together for the companionship, then why get married? Marriage has destroyed more good relationships then any strip club ever.
I doubt that my brother came up with this line first, but he is the one who said to me: “Every marriage ends in either death or divorce.” With that in mind, why on Earth would you get married?
I know two people who are currently putting together wedding plans. I know two people who are currently going through a divorce. Both of the divorcing friends had only been married for a couple years. The lived with their spouses prior to the marriage to make sure things would work out… then they got married and within two years were filing for divorce. My two friends who are getting married are currently living with their future spouses to make sure that it will work out.
My entire family (except me) has a divorce in their past. My parents, my brother, almost all my aunts and uncles; even my grandparents were divorced. So in my family divorce papers are handed out more then Christmas cards.
Now I’m 32 years old. I’ve never been married. I was engaged but as I got closer to the actually wedding, it just didn’t make sense. My ex-fiancée is now my roommate. It works. But people are looking at me funny – not married by 32? Well, there really is only one reason to get married, kids. If you want to have kids, then a marriage is a good idea. But if you are just together for the companionship, then why get married? Marriage has destroyed more good relationships then any strip club ever.
I doubt that my brother came up with this line first, but he is the one who said to me: “Every marriage ends in either death or divorce.” With that in mind, why on Earth would you get married?
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