Posted on 06/27/2009 3:05:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Do you have any brothers?
Husbands and wives go at each other pretty equally. The difference in outcome is largely due to differences in physical strength.
What’s the big deal? This is just men exercising their abortion rights.
My family, my choice.
The worst imaginable scenario there is for a man is if the wife just decides she likes someone or something else better and wants to leave. She gets to take everything and go for no real reason, just because she wants it that way. Leave the man childless and homeless and stuck with alimony and child support. I know a woman that did that to her husband.
I would lose my mind if that happened to me.
I would have a tough time with that one too!
Often though, the male climbs the ladder, has the wife raise the kiddies and then trades her in for a “trophy wife”. There she is ... middle aged and less attractive with kids grown. She gave up her life for him and the kids. So for either side of the fence there is a tragedy.
NO ONE WINS with divorce.
I’ve yet to meet a couple that says,
“I don’t want this marriage to last.”
What’s worse is they typically re-marry the same PROBELEM they divorced. They REFUSE to admit they shared in what went wrong. Pride is a terrible thing.
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.
How strong can that "often" be when eighty percent of all divorces are initiated by the wife?
Gosh....Not sure why, but for some reason the actions of Mark Sanford suddently pop into my mind.
I am almost fifty years old, and I've yet to meet even one woman who gave up anything for anyone.
I've heard of this concept 'in theory' for my entire life, but never met even a single specimen 'in the wild.'
Given that 75 % of divorces are initiated by women, could it be some of them think they are getting "screwed" by the "system" ? Its very frustrating when you have no legal recourse and are about to be financially raped, and often its not your fault. Not that thats a great excuse, but what the heck; marriage and death go together, I guess you can say.
Maybe divorce has become too expensive.
Early one morning while making the rounds
Took a shot of cocaine and I shot her down
I always wondered why no one has tried the following endeavor... a man who wants to divorce his wife can hire an enterprising gigolo to seduce his wife away from him... up to and including the act of adultery. Armed with videotaped evidence, a prospective divorcing husband could easily get a “nice” divorce with no alimony payments required. :)
“Marry in haste, repent in leisure.”
Much modern marital discord comes from a lack of both real intimacy and empathy between partners. In the South, there used to be a real acid test for a couple to determine if their marriage would last, before they were married. It was called, “necking”. And it was not easy.
It has very strict rules, which must be obeyed by both partners, and was based on the idea that kissing is far more intimate than sex. In this case, kissing for an entire hour.
If a man and a woman can kiss for an entire hour, with no offsides with the hands, they will likely stay married.
Most people can tell within a few minutes if the person they are kissing is *not* compatible. They cannot comfortably sit next to each other, their timing is off, they get distracted and usually the feeling is mutual. Importantly, then they *know* better than to waste their time to try and “make it work”, because it is *not* going to work.
Importantly, there are some people who might neck with a dozen partners before they realize that they might as well write off the whole idea of marriage. Because they “just aren’t the marrying kind.” Nothing personal, mind you, but the light dawns that they are just not going to be happy in marriage with anyone, so don’t bother.
The next big bump is “The Seven Year Itch”. And the best way to get over this is by reestablishing intimacy and empathy. But this is a different technique from necking. It is using healing massage, like acupressure, sometimes called Shiatsu.
It’s based on the simple idea that people appreciate those who “take away their ouchy places.” When a person massages another person, it boosts the empathy between them. In turn, this relieves a whole lot of the little tensions and stresses that build up between people over time. People also learn to relax more in each others’ presence, which creates a pleasant association.
No brothers. This was over 20 years ago. My roommates and I got him out of the house. He was a very bad guy. I haven’t seen him since I testified at their divorce hearing! lol
I do agree that the system seems to favor women when it comes to some crimes. A man should be able to defend themselves too.
I know one thing. I would never,and would discourage anyone else, from dating and/or marrying someone with the last name of Peterson! ;)
What state do you live in? Any divorce I’ve heard of, adultery is immaterial. The cases I’ve seen, the judge refused to allow evidence of adultery into the record.
“Is murder becoming a divorce substitute?”
No. Stop enticing us with the lead at the expense of common sense.
Yep.
In the politically incorrect era, they called it “Divorce, Italian Style.”
Take heart men. Sometimes good guys do win.
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