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Why you may lose that loving feeling after tying the knot
Physorg.com ^ | April 22, 2009 | Northwestern University

Posted on 04/22/2009 11:20:55 AM PDT by ConservativeMind

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To: ConservativeMind

Too many people seem to have the notion that being married means continual bliss without effort. Bliss can occur, but not without WORKING, every day, to keep the relationship alive.


21 posted on 04/22/2009 1:45:38 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Jeffrey_D.
The husband thought for a moment and replied, “Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays,
but on Fridays, I fish.”

ROTFL!!

22 posted on 04/22/2009 1:48:04 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Niuhuru
You must be in the genius range of IQ. Why, thank you!
23 posted on 04/22/2009 2:51:44 PM PDT by WingsofCourage
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To: martin_fierro; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...

New Afghan law does not allow marital rape...
but lets men refuse to feed wives who deny them sex
Daily Mail [UK] | 17th April 2009 | Mail Foreign Service
Posted on 04/22/2009 12:00:33 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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Man hires impotent neighbour to impregnate his wife... then sues
Yahoo! News via Newsvine | Tue Apr 21, 2009 | None given
Posted on 04/21/2009 4:14:16 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion
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24 posted on 04/22/2009 3:44:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: ConservativeMind

I married a woman who completely supported me before marriage, encouraged me to spread my wings, told me my career was important to us, and would follow me anywhere. I fell for it, and her.

Then I got married, and she pulled the rug out from under me. I had to adapt to her plan, period. My career was not important at all. I was just one little square in her giant checkerboard. Husband? Check.

Needless to say, I am divorced. Most painful period in my life. It is absolutely shocking to discover that you not only have been duped, but that your friends knew it beforehand.

“Why didn’t you tell me this before I got married to her?”

“Would you have listened?”

(humble voice) “Nope.”


25 posted on 04/22/2009 4:29:38 PM PDT by Darwin Fish
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To: Gabz

My wife and I say that it isn’t so much a frienship as much as we both are the only other person that will put up with either one of us! lol


26 posted on 04/22/2009 4:31:37 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Welcome to the USSA: United Socialist States of America: Bow to The Obama!)
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To: Darwin Fish

......Then I got married, and she pulled the rug out from under me. I had to adapt to her plan, period. My career was not important at all. I was just one little square in her giant checkerboard......

I had a friend who had this same problem. What was really bad was that his new wife’s plan was at odds to his mother’s plan to which he towed the line.

Suicide at 21


27 posted on 04/22/2009 4:37:39 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Crucify ! Crucify ! Crucify him!!)
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To: Darwin Fish
I'm saddened to hear that.

I once dated a girl with whom I would have wound up in the same situation had I married her. Interestingly, our mutual friends told me at the time that I should leave her, but I thought that once you made a decision to date, that you followed through until it had no chance to truly recover.

After two years of three day cycles from her being elated, to being indifferent, to crying and blaming me for things she did (then apologizing), I couldn't take it any more.

I only casually did things with women over the next 10 years, having been taken through the wringer.

I then met my wife and she was a truly solid person in all good ways. I'm glad each day to be married to her.

Too many have married people that are not stable or who do not have good hearts. I learned from couples I knew to hold off until the right one was found. Life often seemed pretty lonely, but I'm grudgingly glad the many years it took allowed me to be with her.

If she died, I would only marry a woman of good character and heart, like her.

28 posted on 04/22/2009 5:03:55 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (When you're RuPaul posing as the wife of the president, you need all the make-up help you can get.)
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To: Fledermaus

LOL!!! There is that too!


29 posted on 04/22/2009 5:10:41 PM PDT by Gabz
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To: ConservativeMind

Live and learn. Thanks for your empathy. Older and wiser, and listen to my friends more. It happens.


30 posted on 04/22/2009 5:55:09 PM PDT by Darwin Fish
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To: ConservativeMind

Cathexis is fleeting.


31 posted on 04/22/2009 7:14:54 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("Mr. President, I support you but not your mission. I'm showing my patriotism through dissent.")
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To: kalee

A - ping - men!


32 posted on 04/22/2009 7:16:55 PM PDT by bannie
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To: frithguild

The stuff you expect ‘em to do when you date, isn’t the same as the stuff you’ll expect ‘em to do when you marry ‘em.

You may be hiring a plumber to do the job of a pianist.


33 posted on 04/22/2009 7:19:32 PM PDT by bannie
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To: bannie
The stuff you expect ‘em to do when you date, isn’t the same as the stuff you’ll expect ‘em to do when you marry ‘em.

Where did you get your disgronificator?

34 posted on 04/23/2009 6:33:30 AM PDT by frithguild (Can I drill your head now?)
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To: frithguild

I got it at the Frackmodisoniatism Store.

They’re cheap. Want one? They’re not made in china.


35 posted on 04/23/2009 4:42:19 PM PDT by bannie
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