Mine sure weren't...
Good set of criteria for prospective mates. Personally, after what I've been through, a bolt of lightning has a better shot at me. Usually, though, marriage is well worth it.
Hell yes.
Think about Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
Rush Limbaugh needs to read this. lol
This time, I married a woman who had been my friend for 20 years. This is working out well. Nothing is perfect, but we deal with problems and are doing fine.
I figure third time is a charm, or three strikes I'm out.
More seriously, had I listened to what my mom told me when I was much younger, I would have only have married once--20 years earlier.
Mine sure is:)