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Why aren't you married?

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  • #92
    jaxxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭jaxxx


    Why isn't jaxxx married:


    1) Fugly
    2) About as interesting as staring at paint dry
    3) Fat
    4) Is about as funny as a tissue
    5) Rubbish in bed
    6) Other


  • #93
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Candie wrote: »
    It offers social and legal protections in case of death and disaster

    I guess so.

    Maybe this is a good argument for marriage.
    I'm happy taking my chances in my relationship.
    Maybe I should think about it more... I dunno.
    We don't have property or anything, just renting.
    No life insurance either...


  • #94
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    jaxxx wrote: »
    Why isn't jaxxx married:


    1) Fugly
    2) About as interesting as staring at paint dry
    3) Fat
    4) Is about as funny as a tissue
    5) Rubbish in bed
    6) Other

    I like you already.
    Just sign on the dotted line.


  • #95
    jaxxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭jaxxx


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    I like you already.
    Just sign on the dotted line.


    Go on, be honest. It was the 'Other' that got your eye, wasn't it? :D


  • #96
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    jaxxx wrote: »
    Go on, be honest. It was the 'Other' that got your eye, wasn't it? :D

    :D

    I'm a fan of mystery...


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  • #97
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    jaxxx wrote: »
    Why isn't jaxxx married:


    1) Fugly
    2) About as interesting as staring at paint dry
    3) Fat
    4) Is about as funny as a tissue
    5) Rubbish in bed
    6) Other

    I used to make flowers out of tissues. So erm tissues can be beautiful.


  • #98
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    It's expensive.


  • #99
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    jaxxx wrote: »
    Why isn't jaxxx married:


    1) Fugly
    2) About as interesting as staring at paint dry
    3) Fat
    4) Is about as funny as a tissue
    5) Rubbish in bed
    6) Other

    Might not marry you but I'd probably be up for a ride


  • #100
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    I guess so.

    Maybe this is a good argument for marriage.
    I'm happy taking my chances in my relationship.
    Maybe I should think about it more... I dunno.
    We don't have property or anything, just renting.
    No life insurance either...

    Things change when you get into the whole property/kids/pensions/insurance/investments situation, marriage simplifies what can be a minefield. Mainly it's about being legally united as well as personally united.

    I imagine it also has religious significance to some, though far less than in the past I'd assume.


  • #101
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,145 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    No. I can't think of anything more cringy than a wedding.


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  • #102
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Candie wrote: »
    Things change when you get into the whole property/kids/pensions/insurance/investments situation, marriage simplifies what can be a minefield. Mainly it's about being legally united as well as personally united.

    I imagine it also has religious significance to some, though far less than in the past I'd assume.

    Totally.

    Historically of course, marriage has been about money, land, and to put it bluntly, trading of men's daughters.

    This is why I refrain from the concept. But the modern romantic idea is a relic of those times.

    Not for me.


  • #103
    Bigbagofcans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭Bigbagofcans


    A year before Alan Rickman passed away, he revealed he had married his partner Rima 3 years previously in a private ceremony after almost 50 years together.

    "It was great because no-one was there. After the wedding in New York, we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and ate lunch."

    True love.


  • #104
    Sheeps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,762 ✭✭✭Sheeps


    I'm not allowed to. My wife wont let me.


  • #105
    RMAOK
    Registered Users Posts: 11,222 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    I'm single


  • #106
    Lesalare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭Lesalare


    I was married. 14 years. Am divorced. I'd like to get married again but not sure I would be able to do it again. Divorce in late 30's/early 40's really takes its toll. I appreciate my freedom/independence now too much as it takes a long time to get over a long marriage and it changes you.


  • #107
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    My standards are just too high.


  • #108
    mvl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭mvl


    But what does marriage mean ? if you think about it as a contract (for tax, inheritance purposes), I do see a problem with restricting it to only two parties: real life scenarios can get more complex than that.


    PS: actually this thread is not as bad by comparison with "Marriage for an Ambitious Man" from The Gentlemen's Club :)


  • #109
    Always Tired
    Closed Accounts Posts: 945 ✭✭✭Always Tired


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Lady I'm seeing now is hopefully old enough (36 next month) for any dreams of weddings etc to have been crushed by now and given up upon. Wedding is my worst nightmare so hopefully can avoid till I die :)

    That's just so wrong but hilarious.


  • #110
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    RhubarbCrumble wrote: »
    A friend of mine is almost 70 now. She's been with her partner for over 30 years but never married him. On a night out recently she was interrogated by the local 'nosey aul biddy' as to why she'd never got married. "I don't know really, I suppose I was just lucky" she replied airily.

    Took the wind right out of Biddy's sails.

    Beautiful, I'm putting that in my stock of replies.:)

    Never wanted to get married, not even as a kid looking at beautiful brides in their veils and gowns.

    Ended up being crap in relationships so happy on my own. I have a house to myself & travel and socialise a fair bit so I don't feel as if I've missed out on any fun.


  • #111
    mariaalice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,615 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    Lesalare wrote: »
    I was married. 14 years. Am divorced. I'd like to get married again but not sure I would be able to do it again. Divorce in late 30's/early 40's really takes its toll. I appreciate my freedom/independence now too much as it takes a long time to get over a long marriage and it changes you.

    I thought like that very strongly so, was having a great time met various men and had great adventures and loved my independence. I needed time on my own after separating then I met my now-husband and completely changed my mind about getting married again.

    Having said that I do know people who are together 25 years and have no intention of getting married again both have separated houses but they are together for life at this stage they might as well be married.


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  • #112
    leahyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Single, 34 and honestly don't even see myself ever meeting someone, never mind getting married :( Having said that, I wouldn't be into having a massive wedding or anything, at this stage I'd settle for someone who I want and wants me back :pac:


  • #113
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Not married and glad about it.


  • #114
    Neyite
    Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Mod ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Together 15 years and getting married next year. Really for us it's just legally confirming what we've been doing all these years. We should have done it years ago but were too lazy and broke to get around to it.

    So even though we are planning a very small wedding, I still wish we had decided on an even smaller one sometimes by buggering off on a holiday and coming back with it as a done deal. Some people are causing minor dramas with their excitement and I don't understand how they can be waaay more giddy and stressed than us yet we are the ones actually getting married.

    Why do I want to get married? For the legal stuff mainly. I can see myself growing old with him (Literally - as in, our first couple photo is framed in our living room and our son asked us who those people were :D) but we still fancy each other like mad. I hope we are still like that 30 years from now.


  • #115
    SJW Lover
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 322 ✭✭SJW Lover


    Waiting until we have the house sorted before we even think of blowing money on a glorified day out. If i had my way it would be a registry office job with two witnesses.


  • #116
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Marriage memes.

    https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-marriage-memes/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic


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