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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:43 AM Original message |
Anyone else here come to the conclusion that they don't want to marry? |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. most marriages end up being traps |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Unfortunately, I am attracted to men |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. A series of male companions... |
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aclog (521 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Good thing you told me you hate marriage |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. if you look at the statistics |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. the only thing that really worries/annoys me |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. That's not necessarily true. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. no offense meant, but... |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yikes! |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I want to buy a house |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Well, I see what you mean, but... |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good. I'm not alone either then. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. this is my experience, too |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've never wanted to marry. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. oh, but there IS |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Well, I might marry for tax purposes. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. well I am an old bachelor |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I fully share your feeling on work, retirement, etc. |
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aclog (521 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. The rest I agree with you on |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. You got that backwards |
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aclog (521 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Thats a reaaaaaaaalllly bad take on NSA :D |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. Never Married; Never Wanted to Be |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. I liked it, though my own has been a failure. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. thanks for the well-thought-out input |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. that was very good |
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Maine Mary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. Good Topic! |
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Indy_Dem_Defender (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. I don't see myself marrying either |
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Popol Vuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. I am 39 years old |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. perhaps not marriage in the "traditional" sense... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. upon my recent divorce |
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Justice Is Comin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. Most marriages today |
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aclog (521 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
62. Oh, suff ring! |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
22. Never fucking ever again. Ever. |
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threehensandacow (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
64. maybe you'll change your mind |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. That must be one hell of a black dress |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. When I was your age |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
24. Six years into my second one |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
25. Defnitely very gun shy |
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RazzleCat (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 08:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I don't see it again |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Been there, done that! |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
26. Getting married just to be married to SOMEONE is dumb. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. I just feel that, even now, as a woman |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
28. I have no desire to marry unless.... |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I hope that you change your mind someday about kids |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Nah, that would require me doing all that messy stuff like diaper |
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GrumpyGreg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. You're not selfish---you made a choice. |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. From One GG to another....thanks |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
29. No. I actually went BACK and tried it again. Voila! |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. Little acknowledged fact |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'm in my mid-fifties, never married. |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
63. I especially agree with the last line in your post. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'm with you on this one. Never wanted to breed and hate the |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
34. Not so much that I don't want to, necessarily. But, if I never get married |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. I swore up and down I'd never get married |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. I decided long ago... |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. Don't think it will happen for me |
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MadAsHellNewYorker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. Im not allowed to get married to the people I want to marry |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. I married for the first time at age 47, and it has worked well for me. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. the marriage concept is predicated |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
72. re |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yes. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. add another to the list |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. yeah, but it took me a divorce to realise it. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
58. I had to go and try it first, f*** it |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
60. Took us 25 years of living together to get married 5(?) years ago |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-13-06 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm only a teen, so of course what I think will probably change. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
66. I probably would |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
67. Yes, but I married and my husband loves me |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
68. You're probably not going to like what I am about to say.... |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. that's great for you |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. My point I guess was (not finding the right man not open minded) |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. thanks for the post |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I didn't think I was cheerleading. I thought I was projecting the reality |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. and |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I take things for what they are until they aren't. But, one can still |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. Wow |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. It took much stupidity on my part and a very long time as well. |
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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
69. Yes. |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
70. Yes. |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
78. Between the ages of 18 and 20 |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-14-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. I've been sure most of my life that marriage is a road I won't travel. |
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