Posted on 12/26/2018 11:45:48 AM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
“Me be horny”
My very first divorce case right out of law school was a Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas) wedding. I think they tried to make it last about 5 months before coming to see me.
A long way to go to get a full release.
Sheesh,,,,
A couple kids,
House,
Cars.
I’d bet 20 years from now,
Skippy won’t be the same.
Years ago I saw a TV show about a bachelor, (can’t remember his name, I’ll call him Joe.) He hadn’t found the right girl, and his friends figured they could do a better job of picking out his wife than he could. So they advertised for potential brides to show up at the mall on a certain date. Joe’s buddies would interview each girl and pick one. Joe agreed to marry whoever they picked.
Well, it was amazing (and kind of sad) how many girls showed up in wedding dresses. A lot of desperate females out there. Joe’s buddies interviewed the girls, and I must say, it seemed like they did a good job of picking for him. The girl they chose was attractive but not flashy or trampy looking, and she seemed intelligent and nice.
The girl and Joe got married right then and there, in the mall, with onlookers watching from the upper floor railings. I wonder what happened to them, if they are still married. I wish I remembered their names to google them.
I knew the first time I saw him, that I would marry my husband. Less than a year later, I did. This was the second marriage for both of us, and we were determined to make it work. Neither one of us was into playing games, and trying to arrange it so that we would have the upper hand or “catch” one another, but were both open about what we wanted. Are we happy every minute of every day? No...are we supposed to be? But are we glad we married each other, and would gladly do it again? You bet we are, and would! Marriage is hard work, but the rewards are worth the effort. I would advise any couple, that the first 3-5 years are challenging. The reason why, depends upon your age and maturity level. A lot of young people are unrealistic and immature. A lot of older people are set in their ways, used to doing things their own way, and unwilling to bend. But if you both have the other person’s well-being in mind, it’s bound to be successful (which means different things to every couple). To me, the most important thing is love, and that, by definition, entails wanting the best for each other. And both of us,from the beginning, have consistently believed that God put us together. While we both wanted someone to love in our lives, we both depended on God to find each other. I had determined that I was not going to go out looking for a man. Both of us had prayed and believed that God would bring us each a mate that He wanted us to have, in His own time. We did not want to spend the rest of our lives alone, but weren’t willing to settle for someone found solely by our own efforts. We were both single for many years, and lonely, but waited on God. And He was able to do exceeding abundantly, beyond anything we could ask or think!
You never know when lightning's gonna strike.
I've been married for 23 years. My wife and I became a committed couple within two weeks of first meeting, set up house at two months, and were married seven months later.
That would make a good movie, actually. Great story. Good friends see us through their own perspectives and have the courage to reflect that back in a way that we can use.
Such a hard thing.
Having your friends pick your girl wouldn’t be the worst idea in the world.
In fact, and it pains me to say this very much, it would be one hell of a reality TV show.
Guy agrees to marry whomever their friends choose. It would run so long that eventually there would be a mini-segment spotlighting various past matches. Look how long Survivor has run.
And you’re right - there are a lot of lonely women out there looking for a match. Almost as many as the lonely guys out there looking for the same thing - a like-minded person with whom to face a very hostile world, and maybe laugh at it a little.
I met my wife in November of 1958. We had been hired as Christmas help at Kresge’s Dept. store for $1.00 an hour. I brought her home to meet family shortly thereafter and after my father met her he told my mother we would marry. We married on April 28, 1962 and are still enjoying a happy loving relationship. We had only known each other about a week when my father made the prediction.
It used to be, that a lot of men chose mates based on their “hotness” factor, while women chose mates based on their ability to provide, and, if the case may be, be a good father. I don’t know how it’s done nowadays, but as a woman, I do know that women are pickier about things other than looks, and are more easily frustrated by men who, while perhaps not happy, would rather not have to start all over from scratch, or change their behavior. A lot of women initiate separations and divorces for that reason, while men, who are in a miserable marriage, often will just stay, anyway, rather than lose what they perceive to be security, and have to build another relationship.
You’re killing me with that photo and the look on that guy’s face! :-)
Keep that in mind EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I’d love to see the followup story on this one. But who knows, maybe they end up staying married for 50 years. Stranger things have happened.
A coworker married her husband a week after they met.
And a friend in high school married her husband within weeks of meeting.
Both men were in the military. Both couples were happily married for many years, last I talked with them.
If people are the marrying kind, they’ll make it work.
If one is not married by 35, don’t even think about it.
If you can remember the tv show, I’ll download and watch it.
Tx.
She probably needed a place to live and has bad credit/debt....
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