Pooks- that was very much my take on it... I just hoped someone who knew what they were saying would say something first (because I could go on and on talking around the subject, but never actually define my thoughts...)
(I can see it now, Pooks saying "Aryn! SPEAK!!!" *whap!*)
but yeah, perish the thought that in a world of dowrys and marriage chests, a woman should choose a poorer man out of love instead of the richer man per an arrangement.
Call me the artsyfartsy romantic type, but I think love and romance are both very real and very much alive today...
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10-10-2006, 07:07 PM #1Kitsune06 Guest
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10-10-2006, 07:29 PM #2
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There have been some very romantic true life love stories in my family. My dad walked into a USO in New Orleans in WWII and looked across the room and saw my mom. There was another woman standing there, and he said to her, "If you'll introduce me to that girl over there, I'd appreciate it. I'm going to marry her."
The woman was my grandmother, who said, "Over my dead body!"
Two weeks later my grandmother was threatening to jump off the Louisiana State Capitol if my mom married my dad, and six weeks later, they were married.
They were married for ... oh gosh, over 55 years when he died.
However -- these long marriages almost always have VERY rough periods. I know mine has had them! I was certain I'd end up divorced a few years back, but now I'm happier than I've ever been. So romance sparks but only hard work and lot of give and take keeps it going.
“Hey, clearly failure doesn’t deter me!”
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10-10-2006, 07:51 PM #3Kitsune06 Guest
There are some fantastic stories of romance etc in my family, too... My ex- so great for doing things that would "make great stories someday"... so bad at being a real person in day-to-day life. It's all a balance, and in there, you've either got that spark of chemistry, or you don't...
Oh, love is such a fickle thing...
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10-11-2006, 08:54 AM #4
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i take it she didn't jump.
Originally Posted by pooks
kit we both know the truth."Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it." – William C. Durant
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10-11-2006, 04:42 PM #5
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She didn't jump.
“Hey, clearly failure doesn’t deter me!”
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10-10-2006, 08:16 PM #6
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but, but, you're still married? Originally Posted by Kitsune06
"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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10-10-2006, 08:50 PM #7Kitsune06 Guest
only legally. Due to recent events and circumstances, I think I can safely say I don't even know him anymore. He's no longer the person who was once my other half. I paid my half of the divorce costs (it's expensive...) and God(ess) willing, he and his GF's new job will pay the other half.
I should just change my entire name for good. =P
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10-11-2006, 06:52 AM #8
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Omg, I just read that he was married. What a jerk!!!
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