Posted on 06/13/2004 10:24:43 PM PDT by goldstategop
Gobucks, very well said.
I've been blessed in the fact that God has brought my soulmate to me.
A true biblical marriage, in accordance with Christ is a thing to behold.
When you do find the right person you find that the relationship exists on three distinct levels. The physical, the mental, and the spiritual. When all three are combined there is nothing in THIS world that can compare and be better.
My personal belief is that marriages fail because they don't have all three pieces in place. The physical attraction has to be there, the mental has to be there, (face it, how many guys out there found a great looking woman but she was none to stimulating mentally?), and she has to be matched to your spiritual views and beliefs.
Just my $0.02 worth of ramblings.
Semper Fi
I never knew what true happiness was until I got married -- and then it was too late.
Come on qam, I can't believe the statements you make sometimes!
So women are only jealous of men, but men are never jealous of women? Give me a break! Are you sure you don't just make these statements to get a rise out of us? 8-O
In any case, more important than friends are FAMILY opinions. Assuming you have enough a) parents b) siblings c) cousins to get a good read. Most family are reasonably, naturally concerned about your well-being and more truly know you than your friends. I'd hope your parents know you very, very well (they won't have the foolish-youngster problem your friends will, just like you). Also your siblings should know you extremely well. Some of us are also blessed w/special friends in the form of great cousins.
True Zen....been married 27 very happy years.
Getting married to a russian girl who is PERFECT for me. And she knows communism doesn't work and is completely apolitical.
Of course talking politics with your wife is generally not smth I would prefer to do. Philosophy, history or science, absolutely. Politics ... nope.
Go Russian, they are the best women on the planet.
Maybe a Golden Retriever would be just as good.
I appreciate both of your posts! ~smiles~
It was the third marriage for both Rush and Marta, so this makes the third divorce for each of them. That is, unless there was a secret marriage at some point.
All the reports say his marriage to Marta was his third.
Can't seem to find a dog that enjoys a good discussion on Rome, Chemistry, Christianity, the writings of Marcus Aurelius or anything else besides crapping in the yard and chasing the frisbee.
You find one ... let me know :)
OK - perhaps a brighter dog, then, a German Shepherd or a Border Collie.... but careful, with intelligence comes those troublesome opinions!
I went to the Philippines for mine. Best decision I ever made.
I read a study years ago - that married men live longer than single men, but single women live longer than married women. - go figure!
It would be to Ann Coulter!
However, after working all day in a very stressful field, I just don't have the energy it takes to meet a mate and put the necessary effort into building the relationship that leads to marriage. Now, if I stumbled into that special someone, it may be that I become energized immediately!
I'm better known for driving women to marriage to someone else! ;-)
bump for later
The average American man is 5' 10".
By his criterion, the average American man cannot marry the average American woman (6" gap.)
Furthermore, if the author wants to tout the benefits of marrying Third World and/or Asian woman : How many of them are going to be tall enough to meet the 3" Rule? Guess only American men of 5' 7" or so get to marry, huh?
I cannot begin to understand why he came up with that rule. What possible difference can a height difference of no more than 3" make? Unless he wants to guarantee the couple can wear each other's blue jeans...And nothing about the woman being no more than x inches taller : Guess he assumes no man wants to marry a woman taller than him.
They have ambushed men and women both with their "men are oppressors" nonsense.
Marriage is damn hard work and if both parties are not contributing, especially in this day and age it just is not going to work.
Regards,
True...but for many women, their idea of "downtime" is to go find the man in their life and spend some time emotionally relating. That's not usually a man's idea of downtime...that's a man's idea of work.
Work for which most men are ill-equipped, I might add. Give us a cabin to defend, boarders to repel, a house to renovate, an engine to rebuild. Those are jobs we can do. "Relate emotionally"? Ladies, that's what your girlfriends are for.
Stumbling into that special someone might require being drunk. Then again, once you stumble into her, you might not remember the next day.
If I told her she has a beautiful body, would she hold it against me?
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