Being single 'worse than smoking'

BBC News ^ | 15 August 2002

[MadIvan]

TMI, dude.

Not tie me down literally. Blimey, some people...

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Uhhh...and what about the men on here that would not like the fact that we're not tied down and seek to change it?....

We're too busy watching the footie. Or in the case of this board, ESPN. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

It's the duty of married men to brag about how great marriage is to our single friends. Misery loves company. On your wedding day, all your married uncles will laugh at you. This is why.

I know. I tried it once, and fortunately it ended very quickly. Even the nun who was present said that the end of that relationship was right and "God's will".

Regards, Ivan

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I know. I tried it once, and fortunately it ended very quickly.

I liked it so much I tried it twice. I'm happy to report it's much better the second time around.

[MadIvan]

I liked it so much I tried it twice. I'm happy to report it's much better the second time around.

I'll reply in all the languages I know:

No, thank you
Nein, danke
Nee, dank u
Nem, koszonom szepen
Nyet, spasibo
Nei, takk

Regards, Ivan

[Inge_CAV]

You will look great anyway! : )

[grania]

congratulations, JediGirl. Can't wait to see the pictures.

[Doc-Joe]

I've been on both sides of the fence and still say, "The grass is always greener on the other side." As much as I enjoy single life, I've been hitting the gym five days a week to increase my chances of meeting "Mrs. Right" once again.

(As I am sure most of you have already guessed, the visits to the gym will cease once the knot is tied.)

[grania]

Ivan, ask her to marry you. If you're telling FR about her, it's time.

"grania"

[MadIvan]

Ivan, ask her to marry you. If you're telling FR about her, it's time.

I'm not making myself clear - SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME. It's safe to tell you lot because you don't know who she is anyway. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[steve-b]

How long do you expect a straight line like that to just hang there?

[MadIvan]

All this discussion of marriage is making me think of Burke for some reason. From his "Reflections on the Revolution in France":

Is it because liberty in the abstract may be classed amongst the blessings of mankind, that I am seriously to felicitate a madman, who has escaped from the protecting restraint and wholesome darkness of his cell, on his restoration to the enjoyment of light and liberty?

Indeed, is it because marriage in the abstract may be classed among the blessings of mankind, that I am seriously to felicitate a groom, who has escaped from his bachelor pad and the wholesomeness of his lagers in the fridge, on his attachment to someone who'll give him difficulties about the position of the toilet seat? ;)

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

How long do you expect a straight line like that to just hang there?

Oh to the 12th of never, I'd say. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I've been on both sides of the fence and still say, "The grass is always greener on the other side."

Hardcore, rock-solid, concrete jetty fact of life, this is.

[sonserae]

wow....all you single guys seem so bitter. No wonder you are not hitched yet. Bitter boy on isle 10.

[Inge_CAV]

"Pop the question and get the show on the road. She has a lot of preparations to make. : )"

"What part of "she barely knows me" escaped your notice?"

Don't worry, she will get to know you and your bank account very well......... : )

[MadIvan]

wow....all you single guys seem so bitter. No wonder you are not hitched yet. Bitter boy on isle 10.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that the pessimist is better informed. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Don't worry, she will get to know you and your bank account very well......... : )

Well uh, I'm broke. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[Inge_CAV]

"wow....all you single guys seem so bitter."

Not me, I am happy now. : )

[2Trievers]

Why did you ping me, CAVster? Don't you have some work to do ... invoices to file ... parts to order? ANYthing? &;-)