congratulations!!

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FIGHTER OF THE NIGHTMAN

"on the ice now for buffalo, looking for the pass, and gets it, afinogenov, couldnt get the shot away, now HE DOES, HE SCORES!!!! HOLY MACKEREL ROLE THE HIGH LIGHT FILM, MAXIM AFINOGENOV, WHAT A MOVE!!!!.... thats not fair... that was unbelievable"
-R.J. and Lorenz

Congratulations! Weddings are beautiful.

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Miles to go before I sleep

‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

Thanks everybody.

Howie, yes, kids are in the plans. That's one of the main reasons for me. I was told a few months back that we had to be married before any kids come along.

Ham and everyone else disappointed, over 50% end in divorce anyway, so there's always hope.

Married before kids...sure, why not.

Married before conception...not necessary.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

I spent ten years in one marriage that might have survived had I heeded my inner voice to leave the island when he wanted to go after a particularly traumatic event.

Then a disastrous foray into a hellish marriage with a sociopath that I am still trying to pick up the pieces from....If it's the right one, it is great for many of the reasons cited here.

I have been lucky to find man who has stuck with me during a particularly rough stretch during which things could have gone the other way. As I get older, I realize the paper gives you security in being taken care of when the spouse dies and their family doesn't run you off while they take all the material possessions you accrued together. It happened to a close friend of mine a few months ago, when he tied intestate and his mother, who professed to love her common-law daughter-in-law for 11 years kicked her out of their house and would only let her take her personal possessions. Makes you reconsider marriage so as not end up a bag lady.

Having said that, there people who will fuck it up whether married or not. Depends on the level of commitment and open, honest communication, and a willingness to accept each others' less than perfect qualities as long as the glue holding you together is stronger than the differences between you.

That is all.

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"Sarcasm and cynicism: Just two of the many services I provide."
"Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them."
"You can't polish a turd."

When my parents got married, my sister was already born, and I was inside my mother's stomach.

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My wife was pregnant with our daughter when we got married...the whole shotgun wedding thing is a running joke in our house.

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Hold my beer and watch this...