Simple solution

[Black Orchid]

Men think with their dicks and women are manipulative.
Someone tell me that marriage is not an example of a hiding to nothing.
Throw in a sprinkle of poor guidance/parenting, poor attitudes and human greed and you
have a recipe for a twelve month marriage certificate.
Attitudes need to change.
We cant just create legislation which punishes someone after the event.
Cause and effect suggests in the current world, marriage doesnt work.
Dont punish people because of the problems marriage creates.
An example would be the legal driving age and drinking age in Australia.
If it was 21, imagine the difference......
We cant be too radical, now can we.....
Food for thought anyway.....

Marriage is what you make of it. Even small businesses give themselves 3 years to make or break. Most young people nowadays get married a lot later than their parents did too which, I think, can be a good thing.

Some people get married for all the wrong reasons. Others are smarter and make it work through the ups and downs.

[billy the kid]

A 12 month marriage is a disposable marriage. Just be careful who you choose. I met my wife through the mail. We had a common friend and Miss Texan To Be began writing me when I was in the military. We lived 800 km apart from the time we started writing until the day we married. (about 15 months) We've had difficulties, but we've been married almost 29 years. She came from a very conservative family with similar values and we were of the same religion. The first year was tough because she suddenly moved 800 km from home for the first time and she knew nobody but me. She learned to trust me and the rest is history. We still have all of our letters. Maybe someday we can publish a book, if they still exist in the future.

Right on queue comes the me me me post.....
Your marriage may have been an exception to the rule.....

[billy the kid]

Men think with their dicks and women are manipulative.
Someone tell me that marriage is not an example of a hiding to nothing.
Throw in a sprinkle of poor guidance/parenting, poor attitudes and human greed and you
have a recipe for a twelve month marriage certificate.
Attitudes need to change.
We cant just create legislation which punishes someone after the event.
Cause and effect suggests in the current world, marriage doesnt work.
Dont punish people because of the problems marriage creates.
An example would be the legal driving age and drinking age in Australia.
If it was 21, imagine the difference......
We cant be too radical, now can we.....
Food for thought anyway.....

You sound like a powerless, disgruntled misogynist willing to use socialism as a means to control relationships!

Far from it....
I see a world where people treat each other like shit....
Nothing do to with misogyny or a disgruntled attitude to control
relationships.......
It sound to me like I struck a nerve.....

[billy the kid]

Men think with their dicks and women are manipulative.
Someone tell me that marriage is not an example of a hiding to nothing.
Throw in a sprinkle of poor guidance/parenting, poor attitudes and human greed and you
have a recipe for a twelve month marriage certificate.
Attitudes need to change.
We cant just create legislation which punishes someone after the event.
Cause and effect suggests in the current world, marriage doesnt work.
Dont punish people because of the problems marriage creates.
An example would be the legal driving age and drinking age in Australia.
If it was 21, imagine the difference......
We cant be too radical, now can we.....
Food for thought anyway.....

Marriage is what you make of it. Even small businesses give themselves 3 years to make or break. Most young people nowadays get married a lot later than their parents did too which, I think, can be a good thing.

Some people get married for all the wrong reasons. Others are smarter and make it work through the ups and downs.

With a one out of two failure rate and others we dont hear about my point is....
If its broken...fix it....
Obviously if its not broken...dont fix it.....
My point is, if its too hard, or people are too dumb to make a marriage work....
Then fix it......
Change the law....
Change something......

[Nom De Plume]

Men think with their dicks and women are manipulative.
Someone tell me that marriage is not an example of a hiding to nothing.
Throw in a sprinkle of poor guidance/parenting, poor attitudes and human greed and you
have a recipe for a twelve month marriage certificate.
Attitudes need to change.
We cant just create legislation which punishes someone after the event.
Cause and effect suggests in the current world, marriage doesnt work.
Dont punish people because of the problems marriage creates.
An example would be the legal driving age and drinking age in Australia.
If it was 21, imagine the difference......
We cant be too radical, now can we.....
Food for thought anyway.....

You sound like a powerless, disgruntled misogynist willing to use socialism as a means to control relationships!

Far from it....
I see a world where people treat each other like shit....
Nothing do to with misogyny or a disgruntled attitude to control
relationships.......
It sound to me like I struck a nerve.....

You wish...
But alas, no nerve was struck in the reading of your post...

Perhaps, that is because I don't believe that peeps are as shitty as you would have us believe...

[Redneck]

Morse code billy lives in a world of his own!

[Texan]

A 12 month marriage is a disposable marriage. Just be careful who you choose. I met my wife through the mail. We had a common friend and Miss Texan To Be began writing me when I was in the military. We lived 800 km apart from the time we started writing until the day we married. (about 15 months) We've had difficulties, but we've been married almost 29 years. She came from a very conservative family with similar values and we were of the same religion. The first year was tough because she suddenly moved 800 km from home for the first time and she knew nobody but me. She learned to trust me and the rest is history. We still have all of our letters. Maybe someday we can publish a book, if they still exist in the future.

Right on queue comes the me me me post.....
Your marriage may have been an exception to the rule.....

Oh Billy. Bless your heart. I apologize for offending you by qualifying where my opinion comes from. Feel free to ignore the next one.

[billy the kid]

A 12 month marriage is a disposable marriage. Just be careful who you choose. I met my wife through the mail. We had a common friend and Miss Texan To Be began writing me when I was in the military. We lived 800 km apart from the time we started writing until the day we married. (about 15 months) We've had difficulties, but we've been married almost 29 years. She came from a very conservative family with similar values and we were of the same religion. The first year was tough because she suddenly moved 800 km from home for the first time and she knew nobody but me. She learned to trust me and the rest is history. We still have all of our letters. Maybe someday we can publish a book, if they still exist in the future.

Right on queue comes the me me me post.....
Your marriage may have been an exception to the rule.....

Oh Billy. Bless your heart. I apologize for offending you by qualifying where my opinion comes from. Feel free to ignore the next one.

You dont offend me old mate....Im used to your self gratification....after all...you're American....
Its in your DNA....

[Black Orchid]

It's not self gratification to appreciate and respect your partner. Aussies could take a leaf out of that playbook.

[Valkie]

I'm 40 years married in November.

Couldn't be happier.

The little one is my soulmate and I cannot imagine life without her.

Ill give it another 20 or so and see how I feel then.