Newsweek - Why get married?
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Newsweek - Why get married?
| Wed, 07-14-2004 - 1:24pm |
There are some interesting responses to the Newsweek article on cheating wives which brings up a question? Why do people still want to get married, on the affair support board many are wanting to marry their affair partner and start the perfect life. If you are a male the court system is going to destroy you in a divorce so why keep getting married. Just a note to start, I think there have allways been just about the same amount on cheating women as men (who would the men have sex with, so it has to be about the same). A recent college study with a lie detector showed that women lie about sex questions and that throws off surveys that don't use them. Over all the percent of cheating women and men has increased over the past thirty years as well as the divorce rate. Currently, according to paternity lab results, about 30% of children in divorce cases were not fathered by the husband.
Getting married is a huge gamble with your life and the current success rate is less than 50%. I am currently married and have been for a long time but if I were ever divorced or a young person starting out I don't think I would ever marry. The odds of being betrayed are just too great.

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Someone doesn't just become a "me me me" person. Those men are marrying "me me me" women. It has nothing to do with the wedding day but the type of person you are marrying.
Ok - maybe a disagreement or 2 but I've seen people determined to marry someone that they seem to dislike already for numerous reasons! One thing my children will know is that YES people DO change but YOU can NOT change them. And the changes that take place may not be the ones you wanted.
Edited 7/24/2004 12:17 pm ET ET by free_to_choose
No, it hasn't. It has been a collaborative effort, men *and* women. What do you think of a man who marries and then has children with a "Selfish American Woman"? Do you think men are not at fault for who they pick to help raise their kids? Do men not have any responsibility for what kind of adults their kids turn out to be? I'd like to know how men are faultless here, because two parents raise kids not one. What is with going on about women being able to work in air conditioned offices? Men are not the only people who have invented things. Are you proposing that women shouldn't be allowed to use things invented by men? Are you going to get rid of all your things invented by women? I have seen the very same behavior you chastise women for displayed by countless men. It is across the board, not exclusive to women. You know what I find sad? People who condemn the very country that gives them the freedoms they enjoy, the benefits they reap. If you don't like the way America is changing, do something about it. Influence those around you and create a ripple.
Leticia
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Edited 7/24/2004 3:32 pm ET ET by yarn_lover
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