Observations on Married Couples
So... I've been looking at married couples lately... and they seem kinda shackled by their love. I mean, don't get me wrong... I have nothing against marriage. It just seems to suck a whole lot sometimes.
What's up with that, married readers?
What's up with that, married readers?
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posted by mags at 9:49 PM
10 Comments:
It strikes me that you use the term "shackled." If people are telling you that, then they definitely don't have the right mindset. As far as I can tell, what people might observe in my life as being shackled is actually an expression of a certain form of freedom that I've only experienced through marriage.
Oh snap! I figured out my original screen name...
No one's ever told me that... I've just... observed it on occasion. I'm not a fan of that mindset either. Hence the complaint.
Nice work on the nickel-bag. I just found that song today... it was funny. :)
Yeah...marriage gets scary when i look at couples that i know would call themselves happy, but i see them as having settled.
I sometimes think that, if asked, they would say something like "trust me, this is as good as it gets" and i would look like a naive and hopeless romantic for expecting better out of life.
Don't settle! I know people who do work it out just fine, but you are right to expect better. Find your best friend, don't just settle. If you do that, I don't think the word shackled will ever come up! :)
At TAC I had a professor say that "marrying your best friend is like putting all your eggs in one basket."
Feedback, anyone?
what does that mean? is this person implying what is usually implied by that saying- that its not smart?
Yup, he most certainly was.
I dunno what I think about that. Especially since he himself married his best friend. The grass is always greener- that doesn't mean it's more nutritious.
My guess is that maybe he feels like since he married his best friend, he has no other sort of social outlet or something. But that is just weird. You don't ALWAYS hang out with your best friend anyway.
All your eggs in one basket... if he means by that like what you said that the grass is always greener- that has nothing to do with marrying your best friend- it has to do with what marriage is, gosh.
I can't get over how messed up that comment is. Is it better to marry someone you don't like being around as much so you can throw your eggs all over the place, do that make a person happier?
Ha ha! I'm gonna keep my eggs to myself, personally!! That was a really funny way of putting it, as a female, Krista. But yeah, I think you're right...
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