Wrong! Marriage is an attempt to MAKE something work. Marriage is a process which determines who is triumphant in the POWER struggle. Marriage is never 50/50. Someone has to take charge. Less than 2% of all marriages world wide DO NOT end in divorce and last longer 20 years and are a first marriage. Within those marriages, the magnitude of animosity, turmoil, hostility extra-marital relationships is an overwhelming 70%. The remainder have percentages of couples that just tolerate each other to keep peace, in other words, patronizing. Another, portion is modestly content and indifferent with undertones of apathy. Due to possibly being extremely elderly and just looking forward to the dying day, hence "...till death do you part...", the ultimate freedom.

Yes, okay, marraige is patience. How fucking long does it take you to become understanding and compatible? Love is a transient emotion that fades away quickly. Ideally, for the emotionally healthy couples, love turns into companionship. Love is for high school kids. Romance is another component of "love" that coerces you to copulate. Love is just in your imagination. Feels real, but it's a scam. Love is an extreme form of liking someone or something. You can't continue to love something indefinitley and more than your capacity to do so because the brain becomes saturated with the neurotransmitters that make you feel it. There is a limit. You have to come down off of the "high". That is why break-ups are painfull. You lose the source of the "high", that being your partner.

You have to be a total fool to love anyone unconditionally. Living life year by year, yields wisdom you wish you had when you were younger.

A whole planet, with a circumference of 25000 miles. A wide range of animal and plant life to study. A vast array of nations to explore. Marriage just takes away oppurtunities to embark on those experiences. Try seeing the world when your in your 80's. I will never give up my freedom to live and explore for a marriage with some ungrateful, gold-digging whore. Better off paying for a prostitute. A hell of a lot cheaper and no emotional baggage.

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