Sensible? Yeah. Let’s see, I never get to have sex with anyone else ever again, and if it doesn’t work out, you get half of my stuff. Sensible.
:rolleyes:
Funny, most of the women I date these days are divorced and carrying around a load of emotional baggage. I, on the other hand, have retained both my freedom and potential alimony money. Oh, and I can theoretically have sex with anyone I want at any time. (Major emphasis on “theoretically.”)
Ohmigosh! I’m single (very, very, VERY), and 29 - but I have almost exactly 4 months until the dreaded cutoff age! I MUST MARRY! I MUST! MARRY OR DIE!!!
Susan
So what if I got married at 29? Does that mean I almost had problems? That I had problems, but they were cured? That I was one year away from magically getting a bumper-load of problems?
Please help me, Susanann! I need to understand, and only you know the answers!
Feh.
Well, I’m 25 and the only one of my friends and family my age who isn’t married. Of course 4 out of 5 of those marriages is in the process of or heading rapidly towards divorce. I on the other hand, am blissfully happy coming and going from my own apartment as I please, free to do whatever I want, whenever I want, while the vast majority of them are miserable and have to “hide” things and constantly check in with their husbands.
But hey, they’re married right? So it’s all worth it!
:rolleyes:
You know, when I was 30, I was dating Laura. She was a “Marry or die” type. Had I married her, I would now have problems, big time. Being that I didn’t, well – no problem.
Of course, being that I’m only 25, I’m still not a freak, like the rest of y’all.
[sub]runs off laughing madly[/sub] 
Ha-that’s what you think.
Where I come from-if you’re not engaged by 22, you’re just a looser freak old maid.
I don’t live in the US, so lower income taxes don’t apply (and don’t really concern me as I don’t pay income tax for a variety of reasons). I also have no concern with regard to the legal status of a “true” marriage versus a common law version.
Hooking up, shacking up and bonking until my kness turn to jelly are all things I have a high comfort level with, but my belief still stands the marriage is religous institution.
Not picking a fight, but what in the hell do friends and family have to do with it? Saying those words to your partner is what matters, not having an audience.
So now the big question is, would a 29-year old non-freak (who is closing in on a birthday) risk marrying a 30+ freak to avoid gaining Freakdom status of her own? Or is it mandatory that an under-30 non-freak also find another under-30 non-freak to avoid the taint of Freakdom passed through spousal contact?
Gosh this is so confusing. I hope Susanann can enlighten us?
It’s the “show-off” factor. Knowing someone loves you is a wonderful thing. Knowing that other poeple know someone loves you makes it, for many people, seem more real/believable.
Anybody over 30 who has never been married, probably has problems, or else must have a very good reason why(e.g fiance died, was in prison, etc).
What if you were in prison for killing your fiance?
I am over 30 and I assure you that I have no problems
well…except that I drink a lot,
and I tend to womanize a little and treat women like objects,
and I’m a tad immature at times,
and I have what one might call “commitment issues”,
and some people might be inclined to describe me as “brash and arrogant” and somewhat “shalow”
and my girlfriend did mention something about a distinct smell of “meat” that was emitting from my appartment
other than that, I think I’m pretty normal.
Ok, this means that I have over 7 1/2 years to find Mr. Right and tie the not…better start searching :rolleyes: Actually, I’ve heard statistics that people who marry young (under 21) have a very high divorce rate. My parents married at 25 (Dad) and 21 (Mom), but were childfree-by-choice for several years. Susanann is probably on her fourth marriage sneering at all the happy single people.
Just had to point out that the bolded bit above made me laugh out loud… it’s the best Pit insult I’ve seen in many a day. And I hope Susanann takes it to heart.
I’ve been reading through a bunch of the linked threads. So far, I’ve read highly entertaining, yet somewhat scary threads on Gun Control, Racism, Pants and something to do with who is allowed to die in defense of America (apparently I don’t qualify). Now I have a proposal for the admonistrators;
This woman needs her own, specialized, version of the pit. Feel free to come up with names for this forum.
Okey dokey then, now I understand. I would however be remiss in not pointing out that all women in the known universe go weak at the knees at the mere sight of me and that this manages to piss of every man in the known universe. Hence, your point doesn’t really apply to me
Now that is a useful neologism.
I honestly don’t see why everyone is giving Susanann such a hard time about that comment. After all, she’s absolutely right. If you’re 30+ and still unmarried , you DO have a problem. A big one.
You have to put up with people like Susanann telling you what a freak you are because you haven’t “grown up and settled down” yet! That’s certainly a big problem in my book.
(40+ here, and proud of my ten years of Freakdom!)
Wow…this is an important question. I need to know so I can decide whether the taint of Edward The Head’s freakdom can be overcome by my almost-freakdom or if we would just be doomed forever because of the combination of the two.
Or I could just go hide in my closet for the next 10 days, then come out and revel in my own freakdom.
Since I just turned 36, it seems that my best course of action would be to find a time machine ASAP and go back in time at least 7 years and commit a crime that will get me at least 11 years in jail. I’ll have been in jail, and I’ll be convicted felon when I get out, but at least some raging loon on the internet won’t think I have ‘problems’. I’ll sleep better tonight knowing I have a solid plan of action.