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From: rsk@stat-l (Wombat)
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Subject: Re: Living in sin?
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Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 11:23:45 EST
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In article <1091@houxm.UUCP> gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) writes:
>I think that the reason that there are bad marriages are becuase the people
>didn't get married because they really loved each other

	I'll concur more-or-less with Chuqui on this one; people change.
Sometimes they change in different directions, and marriages, just like
any other relationship, go sour.

	Marriage vows don't make the relationship (much, any) different;
they change the nature of the committent to that relationship, but not its
basic substance.  If two folks have a poor understanding of each other, getting
married will not help matters; it may make them worse.

	For these among other reasons, I've decided that if I ever tie the
knot (gasp! shudder!), the words "...til death do you part" will not appear
in the ceremony.  I think it's pretty bogus to make a promise contingent on
one's emotional state years later...perhaps a better phrasing would be
"...til it doesn't work anymore".  A bit of a radical proposal, I know, but
at least it's honest (for me).
-- 
Rich Kulawiec @ Purdue Unix Wombat Group	rsk@purdue-asc.arpa
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I'm not one to advocate violence, drugs, and insanity,
but it's always worked for me." ---Dr. Hunter S. Thompson