TMI….#141. Will do THIS weeks later.
1. Do you believe in marriage? WOW. What a tough question. But looking at it, yes I do. I see my parents who have been married 40 yrs and are still giddy over each other. I see othe people like them. I know it can work. AN with my religious beliefs (Basically Catholic) I sort of have to.
2. What is marriage to you?
It is supposed to be a partnership. It is supposed to be two people cleaving into a single unit
3. If you are married, why did you do it? If you are not, why have you not married?
Why? Truthfully, we got married when we did because da Missus was pregnant. Now we went on to lose that child. But we were already planning to get married. We wanted to show our commitment to each other, to God and to others around us.
4. Do you believe in divorce?
Funny to say this seening how I am divorced once and currently seperated, but I really do not believe in divorce except for extreme circumstances. Obviously, if you spouse turns into some who an alocoholic, drug user, rapist or beats you, of course I think divorce might be the only option. But I also think that divorces are to easy to get. I believe that too many people look as that as the easy option. A lifetime commitment is work. Hard, hard, miserable work at times. But with the work some rewards should come. If both partners are willing to give and work.
5. If you are divorced, why did you do it? If you have not, are there certain circumstances under which you would agree to a divorce?
Why did I get divorced? Well, I just figured it was a good idea once she kicked me out.
Bonus (as in optional): [ed note:I am not trying to spark a get political debate, I am much to superficial for that] Do you believe that same sex marriages are a threat to traditional marriages?
*SIGH* This is tough for me. And it is probably a matter of semantics, but I do not like the term "marriage" used for same sex couples. While I support their unions, and beleive they should have all the same rights as "traditional" married couples, it is just the use of the word "marriage" that bothers me. It is probably my religious up bringing on that one. But to answer the questio, no, I do not think that they are a threat to traditional marriages. The only thing they are a threat to is bigotry and closed mindedness.
Well, it looks like my "date" is going to get canceled. While the reasons she gave all sounded ligitimate, it just feels like it is me. Agian. Getting a bit tired of this. And hell, I bathed, shaved clean and even dressed up a bit today.
Something very interesting just happened here at work. Things are looking up. We shall see.
