my own parents' case illustrated to me how complicated marriage is. My
mother recently admitted to me that had she had more courage she
would have left my father a long time ago. At the same time she is
always upset by any perceived insults to him and demonstrated huge
affection and care at the
SS wrote:
No. I was joking.
What? You've been trolling? Am I the only person on this mailing list
who didn't know that?
--hmm
And, because this particular discussion reminded me, here are the Last
Rites of Bokononism as transmitted by Kurt Vonnegut:
God made mud.
God got lonesome.
So God said to some of the mud, “Sit up!”
“See all I’ve made,” said God, “the hills, the sea, the sky, the stars.”
And I was some of the
I am watching this thread with fascination.
My husband and I will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of our
non-arranged marriage in December. There have been times when I have
thought we married for all the wrong reasons and lucked into
compatibility in areas that weren't on the radar.
Like Heather, I too have been watching this thread with fascination. I
certainly can understand identify with the feelings about her marriage
partner that she has elucidated.
I've been married to Dear Wife for nearly 34 years. My first, her second
marriage. She had no children in her first
