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Do you intend to get married?

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    #32
    Doctor Jimbob
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    jorex88 wrote: »
    Excuse me for getting "wound up" when hearing about fathers who are unwilling to commit and mothers who are willing to spread their legs (3 times, no less) to uncommiting fathers.

    The hoors.


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    #33
    Cold War Kid
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    jorex88 wrote: »
    Excuse me for getting "wound up" when hearing about fathers who are unwilling to commit and mothers who are willing to spread their legs (3 times, no less) to uncommiting fathers.
    I'd say way more.


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    #34
    SEPT 23 1989
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    jorex88 wrote: »
    Excuse me for getting "wound up" when hearing about fathers who are unwilling to commit and mothers who are willing to spread their legs (3 times, no less) to uncommiting fathers.

    maybe they are happy?


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    #35
    [Deleted User]
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    I'd like to but I can't see it happen. Don't really want kids though.


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    #36
    efb
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J-2EIvItVY


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    #37
    [Deleted User]
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    If the right one made himself known and was of a like mind, then I'd marry. I'd prefer marriage to living together if we had kids, for all kinds of reasons, but I'd also like the whole you and me against the world, declaring it in public and sticking together through thick and thin as next of kin scenario.


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    #38
    [Deleted User]
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    It is my intention to marry on 1st July next year :):):)


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    #39
    eternal
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    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    It is my intention to marry on 1st July next year :):):)
    Massive thread invite to the afters which wouldn't be regarded as an insult? :pac:


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    #40
    corner of hells
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    I'm still married though the marriage ended long ago , I have a new partner who during the week asked if I would think about it further down the road.

    I'm amazed that a second person would want to think about marrying me , when I said this with a teary expression on my face , she almost pissed herself laughing.


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    #41
    [Deleted User]
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    eternal wrote: »
    Massive thread invite to the afters which wouldn't be regarded as an insult? :pac:

    Haha now don't be pissed off that it's in Donegal!


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    #42
    eternal
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    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Haha now don't be pissed off that it's in Donegal!

    No complaints here. I love Donegal.


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    #43
    efb
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    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Haha now don't be pissed off that it's in Donegal!

    Christ imagine all the awkward interactions of boardsies! Close your account and save your wedding! :p


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    #44
    Duiske
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    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Haha now don't be pissed off that it's in Donegal!

    Afters and roadtrip ?? Whooohoooo !!:D


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    #45
    [Deleted User]
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    Hoping The Backwards Man will be my DJ.


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    #46
    Rubberlegs
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    Living in sin for 20 years now with 3 kids:). I've never had any desire to be married. Each to their own, but it's not for me. I don't need the public declaration to prove my commitment. Plus I'd hate being the centre of attention for the day, too much pressure !


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    #47
    eviltwin
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    I was never pushed about marriage but when you own a property it makes financial sense. I don't want to be hit with an inheritance tax bill I can't afford on a house I bought. Getting married seemed like a no brainer. We paid fifty euros, didn't have a reception and very few people outside close family and friends would even know


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    #48
    bnt
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    No, but mainly because of the assumption that you'll be having kids. If I could rule that out, I'd consider it with the right person. I might even get a vasectomy, just to be sure.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #49
    frostyjacks
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    "No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were."

    Justice Kennedy, US Supreme Court.

    I can't understand why two people who profess to love each other wouldn't get married. Just sounds like they're keeping their options open to me.


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    #50
    Simonigs1.0
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    Getting married in December to my girlfriend. We're 25 & 26, feels like the right time for both of us.

    If you asked me a year or so ago I would have said no to be honest


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    #51
    Cold War Kid
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    73Cat wrote: »
    I don't need the public declaration to prove my commitment.
    That's not what it's about though (doesn't have to be public either) - it's about giving the couple (and family if they have one) protections.
    Not saying there's something wrong with you not marrying (there isn't of course) but what it confers is really beneficial. Even important.
    eviltwin wrote: »
    I was never pushed about marriage but when you own a property it makes financial sense. I don't want to be hit with an inheritance tax bill I can't afford on a house I bought. Getting married seemed like a no brainer. We paid fifty euros, didn't have a reception and very few people outside close family and friends would even know
    Yep, that's all that has to be done.


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    #52
    Paulzx
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    Germanriesling wrote: »
    I value my sex life so no.

    Marraige doesn't mean you have to stop ****


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    #53
    cloud493
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    I'd like to get married, but I have yet to find a woman who can stand me so.


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    #54
    Super-Rush
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    Paid the deposit on mine today.


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    #55
    efb
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    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Paid the deposit on mine today.

    Russian Bride?


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    #56
    ancapailldorcha
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    If I met someone I wanted to spend the rest of my life with and she reciprocated then definitely. As has been noted it adds peace of mind via rights, securities and protections form certain taxes.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #57
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    efb wrote: »
    Russian Bride?
    A friend recommended this to me recently, was an interesting watch.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3249478/


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    #58
    frostyjacks
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    Germanriesling wrote: »
    Why shouldn't they keep their options open?

    Because it's not a total commitment to each other, is it? It's not love if you have an exit strategy at the back of your mind.


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    #59
    Super-Rush
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    efb wrote: »
    Russian Bride?

    Thai.


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    #60
    Rubberlegs
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    Cold War Kid wrote: »
    That's not what it's about though (doesn't have to be public either) - it's about giving the couple (and family if they have one) protections.
    Not saying there's something wrong with you not marrying (there isn't of course) but what it confers is really beneficial. Even important.

    Yep, that's all that has to be done.

    I know what you are saying. We have everything sorted regarding the kids ie he has guardianship. The house is mine if anything should happen to him. I am probably cynical, but am of the mindset if it's not broken, no need to fix it ;). I know a couple with kids who got married purely for the tax benefits. Within a few years they had a really bitter divorce. Another couple who are relations of ours are married, but she told me sometime after she had to give him an ultimatum. Marry her, or she was gone. I can't imagine doing that, from both sides. Either dishing out an ultimatum, or marrying someone who gave me one. Of course that's just two examples, but I suppose what I mean is you really, really have to want to be married. And for the right reasons! I love a good day out, just not my own :)


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    #61
    Cold War Kid
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    I'd do it for the next-of-kin aspect - it's stupid but your partner can't be your next-of-kin, only your spouse.
    But of course an unmarried relationship can be just as, sometimes moreso, committed as a married one.


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