[small_l_libertarian]

My dad left when I was three. I married (at the grand old age of 17) a guy who left his son when he wasn't even a year old. Talk about history repeating itself. (He's not a bad person - he was just not ready to be married yet. He has since married a woman who already had 4 kids, and they had another and have been married for 10 years. Everybody needs a chance to grow up - including me.)

So, older and wiser, I take marriage much more seriously (Seriesly! I do!) This time, it's for keeps. Good or bad, happy or saaaad....

[small_l_libertarian]

Just realized - that makes it sound like a shotgun wedding. It wasn't. We were married 3 years before I got pregnant. It went downhill from there.