How do you define a "Sheltered" Life?
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How do you define a "Sheltered" Life?
| Mon, 01-19-2009 - 11:39am |
Thought I'd bring up this topic as some people think I have lived a "sheltered life" because I went from living in my parents home to getting married and not living on my own. I was curious of what everyone's definition of living a "sheltered life" is.

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Yep, my ex married a Catholic girl the second time, but they wanted to charge him 1000 bucks to annul our marriage (which was not even a Catholic marriage), so he ended up marrying her at city hall.
The Greek church will give you a divorce, not an annulment. You have to go to a special confession and explain why the marriage did not work and why you want out. When dh did this he ended up lecturing the assembled priests on church history (insert eyeroll), but he got the divorce, lol. You can do this three times. If you go past three times, you have to move to annulments if you want to keep getting married in the church. The idea is that if the marriage is unsuccessful it is not serving its purpose anyway and might as well be dissolved.
I'm curious though, if you wouldn't turn to someone who has been married and divorced for marital advice, why would you turn to someone who had never been married, as in a priest?
Ah! Now I get it! People in the military make more money than you do. Ergo, they must be making a lot more than they would in a similar civilian job. Hmmm, there is another possibility of course....
So then where does the advice come from if not from personal opinion or experience or education on the subject?
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