Marry? Yes or no?
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sharkhunter mentioned in another topic, "My older brother told me if he had to do it over again, he would have never gotten married."
Made me think. Now this is mostly for the older TUSCLers that are or have been married.
Knowing what you know now, would you have married? If divorced or widowed, would you ever marry again?
I'll go first. Started going with my SO when she was 16. Been together ever since. I wouldn't.
Made me think. Now this is mostly for the older TUSCLers that are or have been married.
Knowing what you know now, would you have married? If divorced or widowed, would you ever marry again?
I'll go first. Started going with my SO when she was 16. Been together ever since. I wouldn't.
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If my marriage ended today, no would not marry again. Just wanna do stripper and SA whores.
Your story is pretty well known here. :)
If I were young, I would consider getting married again--but to a different type of woman.
Since I'm in my 60's, I have no desire to marry. Women who are around my age have no appeal--they look like my grandmother! Young women would not want to marry me unless they were gold diggers.
I realize that my view of women of my age is unfair and sexist. But I cannot even imagine having sex with them. Strippers give me exactly what I want.
My current one? HELL YEAH!!!!!
But...
I miss help around the house.
I miss a traveling companion.
I miss a dinner companion.
I sometimes miss having kids.
I sometimes regret the money I've spent on strippers
I don't know what is better or worse
A really good friend of mine has been married for slightly over a year now. Young couple. Both of them are only 24 years old. I know for sure they're in a good marriage. But they dated for 7 years before they got married and both went to college and got good jobs- so they're financial stable.
I think those are main two reasons so many marriages don't work out. People either rush into marriage too soon and don't realize they aren't ready( marriage is a HUGE commitment)yet OR they simply don't make enough money and that ends up causing problems in the relationship.
Sounds like NukeyBoyNukem would be wise not to marry then.
Husband, "I think so, I'm young and have a lot of life left."
Wife, "if you did remarry, would you let her live in my house?"
Husband, "Yes. We both love our home and I would not wish to leave it."
Wife, "Would you let her sleep in my bed?"
Husband, "I would. I love our bed and have great memories with you in it."
Wife, "Would you let her use my golf clubs?"
Husband, "No, she's left handed."
But I too like the idea of having a companion. And given my age and economic situation some of the problems that plague many marriages wouldn't really be much of an issue. And I would like to have children though I have nieces and nephews already and would be content just being an uncle.
I can also admit that I find it doubtful that after 10 or 15 or 20 years with someone that I would still be sexually attracted to them.
A while back I was watching Charlie Rose and he had a guest journalist from the NY times. The journalist had been doing a documentary piece on the “greatest generation†folks (older folks).
They all had many things in common but one thing that surprised the journalist, and myself also, is that many of them stated that they thought they had married the wrong person. This kind of caught me by surprise and I wonder if it’s a “grass is greener on the other side†kind of thing?
Never been married, not motivated to have kids... don't see myself rolling the dice.
But will I do it again now? Not sure, but since I really know what it can entail, not just in the abstract, it is .
"Dad, what a...re you talking about?" the son screams.
"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," he says. "I'm sick of her face, and I'm sick of talking about this, so call your sister in Chicago and tell her," and he hangs up.
Now, the son is worried. So he calls up his sister. She says, "Like hell they're getting divorced!" and calls her father immediately. "You're not getting divorced! Don't do another thing, the two of us are flying home tomorrow to talk about this. Until then, don't call a lawyer, don't file a paper, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and she hangs up.
The old man turns to his wife and says "Okay, they're coming for Christmas and paying their own airfares."