Posted on 02/07/2005 2:15:11 PM PST by KidGlock
A friend mine - no, change that - an aqcuaintence of mine calls his girlfriend his "future ex-wife."
Right. Just find a woman that you can't stand and buy her a house.
Yes, it is.
I know how you're parsing your initial assertion. You are wrong in your choice of terms.
Never took the plunge.......
The practice or condition of having a single sexual partner during a period of time.
The practice or condition of being married to only one person at a time.
The practice of marrying only once in a lifetime. Zoology. The condition of having only one mate during a breeding season or during the breeding life of a pair.
mo·nog·a·my (m-ng-m) n.
The practice or condition of being married to only one person at a time.
The condition of having only one mate.
Main Entry:
mo·nog·a·my
Function: noun
: the state or custom of being married to one person at a time or of having only one mate at a time —
mo·nog·a·mous /m&-'näg-&-m&s/ also mono·gam·ic /"män-&-'gam-ik/ adjective
monogamy n :
having only one spouse at a time[syn: monogamousness]
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Now, you want to take the one applicatin of the term about "one mate during the life of a pair" (a zoological application, no less) and call that the one true meaning of "monogamy". It's not and you're wrong. Most people are monogamous, meaning when they are in a relationship they are faithful. That's the meaning of the word so choose another for the shallow point you wish to live and breathe by.
Women cheat for the same reason men do...because they can.
As you figured, she was playing the old game of "Lets pretend I like you until I get what I want". It's an old game, played by both sexes, generally for different "what I want" items. You just have to get good at spotting the type (and people lots older than you still get taken).
People get mugged, too. It doesn't mean it's a good idea to lock yourself in your house to avoid getting mugged
From her reaction, she had just enough ethics to be bothered by what she did, which made her feel very guilty when she saw you, but not enough personal courage to confess what was really going on.
It's probably going to be a good idea to be more circumspect in your dealings for the rest of the semester. Dating people you go to school with has some of the same dynamics as dating people you work with: it's easy to meet people, since you see them every day and interact with them. It's also the case that once it's over, you still have to see them every day.
No, I think this article goes to show that marriage is underrated. If each spouse rated his/her marriage -- that is, partner -- higher than their own needs/wants, then this sort of thing would be a rarity.
As it is, because the commitment of marriage is increasingly less important than self-fulfillment to many, the marriage loses.
No, his approach doesn't take a moral view point on it, which means that anybody hostile to anything with religious overtones isn't going to reject it out of hand.
While Dawson himself doesn't take a moral viewpoint, he is clear enough about the fact that everyone in the cheater's life WILL have a moral viewpoint to take on the matter.
Effective, I think.
Regarding the photo: What the ________ _______ are those? "Deliverance" poster boys?
Where do you guys FIND these women? LOL I would never ever DREAM of criticizing my husband in public, or even in front of family or friends! Don't get me wrong, my aunts are very much like the type of women you describe, and I'm embarrassed for them and for their husbands, but IMO, a person would be better served to take their SO aside and have a "chat" with them about that kind of thing. Respect is a two way street, and you'll never get it if you don't stand up for yourself.
You could be right. People can see different meanings in the same words.
"I can cook too :o) "
So many good attributes, what's the downside?
Let me guess, you're an axe murderer, right?
Only during that special time of the month.
The boy is thinking ahead. :)
I've been married three times and have been married to the current wife since 4-29-63.
Life is good!
We're coming up on the seventh anniversary of our honeymoon. I use to tell people, when I suddenly found myself single, that any american woman I would be interested in marrying has already died of old age.
But apparently there are still women out there with rock solid, old fashioned values. At least I found one. She is the closest thing to Eve since the flood.
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