I sometimes think about how other people have less happy relationships than mine, and that makes me sad for them

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I also love marriage. I could chuck my wife off a bridge some days, and at times she admits she deserves it, but 95% of the time we are having a wonderful time. 9 years married, 14 years together. Apparently a lot of people marry women they don’t get along with and then wonder why their marriage sucks. Or have kids to “bring them closer together”.

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      3 hours ago

      Or have kids to “bring them closer together”

      I’ve seen it, and it’s horrifying. Like throwing gas at a fire to see if it goes out, because it’s not as though things could get worse if they’re wrong.

      I hope newer generations manage to ditch older, screwed up ideas of what marriage is and realize the value of having a beloved partner, rather than whatever the hell I see some older people treating their spouses as.

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      Oh those poor kids. That worries me a heck of a lot more than someone who never even googled “how to relationship”