<p>Why wouldn’t you want to get married if you intend to have a partner for life anyway? I’m not criticizing, just curious. :)</p>
<p>No, that’s a pretty good question. I don’t know. I don’t have anything against marriage. I think it just scares me. </p>
<p>I often tell my mom I won’t get married. See, my parents used to argue a lot. They still do, but not as much. They don’t really get along. For me, it’s not even a marriage between them anymore. Love is lacking there. It’s like two people living in a house together, raising kids, paying for a house, paying bills, etc. A business. They don’t even sleep in the same bed together (my mom sleeps in my bed now since I’m at college). =</p>
<p>I don’t want to live a life like that. Because I too would feel reluctant to separate just for my kid(s).</p>
<p>Marriage is an archaic social tradition. You don’t even get tax benefits. Especially if one partner makes more than 80% of the higher earning partner.</p>
<p>I’d rather have a partner for life in some kind of nonbinding partnership. Best of both worlds-I get to get the tax benefits for being a “head of household” on top of companionship. Socially people look at you funny for being a single dad of foster kids, but I’ve stopped giving a damn what people think.</p>
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<p>That’s my ultimate dream <3 to hopefully find my future husband in college (: haha</p>
<p>Mushaboom, that’s how my family lives, too. My mom has slept on the living room couch for as long as I can remember. I do think they love each other-- though I didn’t for most of my life, but they desperately need counseling. They are both too petty and immature to make their relationship functional, they just haven’t got the skills I guess. But that’s just the way they are, I suppose. I think it’s really helped enforce for me that relationships are hard work and you have to be willing to put time and effort in to keep it healthy. You can’t just put two people in a house and call it a happy life. Hopefully having had that experience will help give me the necessary perspective to have a happier marriage than my parents do.</p>
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<p>Got engaged at 17 here. At the time, people were like “Aw, that’s so romantic.” Two years later, and people are like “What the hell is wrong with you?”</p>
<p>I too hate the concept of marriage. The notion that it is God or a piece of paper that keeps two people together is bothersome. However, I am going to get married after college because of the tax benefits and other perks. As sad as that sounds, that is really all I’m getting married for. I don’t need a piece of paper to confirm my love and commitment to another person.</p>
<p>PS: My parents have a great marriage. 20+ years together (not quite sure when they got married, but I was there, so maybe 15 years?) and they still are a great couple.</p>
<p>Why would you want to get married before graduating?? Is best to get out of school and make real money then the gold diggers can come.</p>
<p>Who’s getting married before graduating?</p>
<p>I don’t plan on getting married, nor do I ever want to get involved with anyone. Women simply can’t be trusted.</p>
<p>^ Perhaps you’ll find a nice man that can be trust, hmm?</p>
<p>“Disregard females, acquire currency.”</p>
<p>I posted this somewhere else, but it is even more relevant here:</p>
<p>The Journey of Man - Unknown</p>
<p>When I was 13, I hoped that one day I would have a girlfriend with big tits.</p>
<p>When I was 16, I got a girlfriend with big tits, but there was no passion, so I decided I needed a passionate girl with a zest for life.</p>
<p>In college I dated a passionate girl, but she was too emotional. Everything was an emergency; she was a drama queen, cried all the time and threatened suicide. So I decided I needed a girl with stability.</p>
<p>When I was 25, I found a very stable girl but she was boring. She was totally predictable and never got excited about anything.</p>
<p>Life became so dull that I decided that I needed a girl with some excitement.</p>
<p>When I was 28, I found an exciting girl, but I couldn’t keep up with her. She rushed from one thing to another, never settling on anything. She did mad impetuous things and made me miserable as often as happy. She was great fun initially and very energetic, but directionless.</p>
<p>So I decided to find a girl with some real ambition.</p>
<p>When I turned 30, I found a smart ambitious girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground, so I married her. She was so ambitious that she divorced me and took everything I owned.</p>
<p>I am older and wiser now, and I am looking for a girl with big tits.</p>
<p>EDIT: Double Post</p>
<p>Manhattan…that was beautiful</p>
<p>/agreed
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<p>what does ten characters mean?</p>
<p>It’s because when you post, your post is supposed to have at least 10 characters.</p>
<p>Keep in mind a very old but true saying:</p>
<p>“Man makes plans and God laughs !!!” True love will happen when you least expect it…</p>
<p>Dont be so focused on a set age to be married by and an age to have children by.Sometimes this tunnel vision of an age requirement can restrict you from finding true love and possibly convince yourself that the person who you are marrying is “The ONE” because you have a timeline you want to stick to…My own sister did exactly that and ended up marrying someone who she thought at the time she loved, had her first Daughter 11 months later at age 26 and DIVORCED at 28!!! She looks back now, 18 yrs later, and has regrets about how foolish she was and that she convinced herself she loved him because all her friends were getting married and having children too!!! It’s not a race to the altar or the maternity ward…Slow down and enjoy yourself…Listen to your heart…:)</p>
<p>whoever married with someone they met in college usually because…she got pregnant…</p>