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What makes a lasting marriage?
I'm sure lots of things do, and I'm not an expert. Mutual respect is a biggie.
How about this:
Women should remember we are married to a Man.
Men should remember we are married to a Woman.
With all that entails.
The person you took those vows with is not your roommate or old buddy.
Thoughts?
*ETA: I am only addressing hetero marriages, obv. I have NO idea how these things work when you are same sex.
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
-Abbey
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Not an expert? Hell, I'm a complete failure on this one.Originally Posted by Abbey
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
Plant Parenthood.
You have no idea how concepts like respect, trust, sense of humour etc could apply outside the boundaries of a heterosexual relationship? - unless I'm missing the sarcastic twang...
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Smitten Senior Admin
Not an expert? Hell, I'm a complete failure on this one.
I'll bet you learned some very important things from your experiences.
(I know this is ripe for sarcastic responses, but I don't care!)
What do you think is important for a lasting marriage?
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
-Abbey
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Unabashed Boatswain's Mate
Commitment, mutual respect, and some tolerance for personality differences.
Mine ended when I caught her with 2 'boyfriends' and working as a stripper
and pole dancer rather than the nurse's aid job she said she had.
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
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Smitten Senior Admin
Feels like trolling...
Did you even read the post? I was specifically talking about men and women and how they treat each other as men and women. That would be as members of the opposite sex. It's not a tough concept. And it by definition has nothing to do with men living with men or women living with women.
Please feel free to start a thread about same sex marriages and how to make them last. I am sure we will all be fascinated.
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
-Abbey
Smitten Senior Admin
All good things, El.
And that woman deserves to be put in some 17th century (?) stocks, and displayed in the town square.
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
-Abbey
Just Me
People should spend less time thinking solely about what they want for themselves. Quit taking the other person for granted. Sure, I'll always be there. Until I'm not. And that takes YOU, not me to actually dive me away. Tolerance. I don't expect you to be perfect nor to think the same as I do ... don't expect otherwise from me. You can be goofy as Hell and I'll still love you. Just don't tell me love is contingent on your idea of what I should be doing according to your dumbass rules.
Back to tolerance ... learn to accept the strengths and weakness of your parter instead of constantly telling them what they AREN'T doing. I come home from a 10 hour day doing construction work, I ain't remodeling the damned house. I go on deployment and am stuck on a chunk of metal bobbing in the ocean and YOU have it hard. You can get in the car and hit a fast food joint. Go to the grocery store. Drive up and down the coast all damned day. I get to look at steel and blue water.
And not getting your way is NOT an excuse to leave.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
Unabashed Boatswain's Mate
Thanks, Abbey.
And I ended up a single parent as a result of her behavior.
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!
Just Me
Don't feel too lonely in the boat. I raised my daughter alone from the age of 9 until she joined the Army at 20.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
Senior Member
Was it the lying or the cheating that bothered you more?
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Just Me
One is the same as the other. "I have to work late". Come to find out "work" consisted of hanging out at the SNCO Club while I was home taking care of the kids.
The betrayal is what's worse.
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“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
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At least we can keep it "one man one woman" in this thread.
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My sister in law is going through this. He has been telling her he wasn't happy for months but swore multiple times there was no one else. He moved out, the whole nine yards. Come to find out, there has been someone else all along.
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Yeah, it's my thread, man!
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
-Abbey
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