Hey there is a great comment on Professor Althouse's blog about marriage by Dust Bunny Queen. Here it is in it's entirety:
There is always meeting at home during the day. Nooner!!
Makes the rest of the work day much nicer.
As to Pogo. Why marry? Maybe it is my older perspective but it seems to me that marriage should be, in addition to love and sex, but probably more importantly a long lasting partnership and friendship.
I consider my husband my best friend, the main person in the world who I can lean on for support and comfort,
Who I trust completely
Who has my back
Who will defend my person, my honor and my character
Who I can laugh with, share inside jokes, enjoy peaceful times, share a cocktail on the deck, read books together, listen to music or just sit in silence.
Who accepts my faults and admires my qualities (such as they are)
Who also accepts that as we age we change, physically and mentally and still find each other sexily attractive despite it all.
We are a team.
I know he feels the same about me.
I'm sorry that young guys don't seem to be able to find this and see no value in getting married. Maybe it's youth? Maybe it is the changing culture where people are told to expect perfection? In any case it is a shame, because a good marriage is heaven on earth.
I just want to say that sums up how I feel almost exactly! You know that Dumb Plumber ain't so Dumb afterall. Just sayn'
8 comments:
I'm a big DBQ fan. She kicks azz.
Wonderful post.
Yes, I agree, but there's even more to that in a marriage (my comments at Althouse).
Trooper...Even Lawyers can get married and learn that we don't always have to be right.
Here, here.
I think the thing to remember is that you're not marrying Women (or Men), but a woman (or man).
A lot of these discussions on the 'net speak in broad strokes about how one group is favored in some fashion. And there are plenty of examples around of people who have been burned.
But whatever injustices there are, you marry the person, not the group, and you proceed on that.
Aw. Thanks guys. Cute picture.
I count myself so fortunate in my marriage. It probaly helps my perspective that both my hubby and I had bad first marriages so we really appreciate the good that we have now. We just celebrated our 15th anniversary and we dated for three years and it feels like just yesterday we met, so.....I think it's a keeper.
Make no mistake. It does take work, compromise and a sense of humor. Things are never "perfect", but those imperfections are usually the little things that don't mean much in the long run.
Nice thoughts and sentiments expressed but I think Pogo's question still stands (I'll paraphrase): Why invite the government into a private relationship? It's 2009. Don't we have enough government in our lives already?
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