| 5/16/2008 1:03:48 PM | How many people still believe? | |
nibblediver
Monticello, MN
age: 45
| I believed it. Even though we grew apart a bit, I really don't think putting our kids through all the divorce crud was the right thing to do at the time. But, it's what she wanted and anything she wanted I tried providing for.
I firmly felt things could have worked out if she hadn't started hosing the pot-bellied marketing guy until after she discovered she maybe wasn't in love anymore.
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| 5/16/2008 1:06:21 PM | How many people still believe? | |
tigressironlady
Hinesville, GA
age: 54
| Wino - 23 years was the magic number for me too
that was my number too..thought it will last forever....
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| 5/16/2008 1:16:46 PM | How many people still believe? | |
wileyguy
Wilkes Barre, PA
age: 37
| i'm thinking more along the lines of a 'lifetime partner'.
not that i'm opposed to marriage but you can have committment without the piece of paper.if it's in both hearts..........what does the paper really mean
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| 5/16/2008 1:16:47 PM | How many people still believe? | |
dunitall
Buckley, WA
age: 44
| Till do death do you part!.....RIGHT, after seeing that women give birth, nothings gonna kill that b*tch!.........hahaha
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| 5/16/2008 1:18:01 PM | How many people still believe? | |
vegasstylist
Las Vegas, NV
age: 43
| I believed it and tried to make my marriage work for 14 years I wish now that I would have ended it sooner
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| 5/16/2008 1:39:12 PM | How many people still believe? | |
defiantlyltr
Stroudsburg, PA
age: 56
| I believed in the "For better, for worse" and the "Happily ever after", too!
I took my vows very seriously and even though we had troubles within our marraige and were growing apart
"I" wanted to work things out and salvage what we had an make it better to what we had in the beginning.
He was the one that didn't think it was possible and didn't want to work through the problems.
So in the end he gave up and left. I was then stranded with all the responsibilities of being a single, working parent.
This is NOT where I expected to be at this time in my life!!!!!
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| 5/16/2008 3:17:33 PM | How many people still believe? | |
crimson_tide
Fort McMurray, AB
age: 33
| I don't think you should say you don't want to marry or do anything really because all of the sudden that one special person may come along you are willing to go the extra distance with. To me, saying you don't this, that, etc is showing you are't willing to fully commit to any form of relationship. JMO
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| 5/16/2008 4:44:56 PM | How many people still believe? | |
yaimabratsowhat
Jackson, MI
age: 31
| I still belive that marriage. That the one magic moment can make a lasting impression on you in a positive way. If you stop believing seems to me you are just giving up on Happy ever after...
NYkki
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| 5/16/2008 4:51:30 PM | How many people still believe? | |
rodlynn
New Britain, CT
age: 45
| I still believe it is only that I let one bad apple spoiled the whole freakin basket
But I am sure it is all in my mind
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| 5/16/2008 4:52:00 PM | How many people still believe? | |
jewels180
Bronx, NY
age: 46
| marraige?  
[Edited 5/16/2008 4:52:41 PM]
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| 5/16/2008 4:55:30 PM | How many people still believe? | |
bry11ca
Canton, MI
age: 43
| HOPE &
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| 5/16/2008 8:36:53 PM | How many people still believe? | |
firstlight
Strasburg, VA
age: 48
| Here is the thing with this. Y'all gotta be real careful about saying never. Saying: "I am never getting married again" would be tantamount to...well I don't know to what, I can't bare the thought, it is much too grizzly.
Or would that be bear the thought?
OMG... I kill me! 
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| 5/16/2008 8:47:33 PM | How many people still believe? | |
rosebrown
Bloomington, IN
age: 37
| I think we have the norm - that's what society considers IDEAL, and we also have the lived experience - the REAL. From what I have observed (family, workmates and friends), marriage as a concept is very attractive, especially given its an ideal nest for children (and also for aging parents), nevertheless, many people are so miserable in their marriages. This makes divorce/single-hood a better option for millions!
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| 5/17/2008 10:57:50 AM | How many people still believe? | |
emt854
Appleton, WI
age: 54
| Marriage is what ever YOU BOTH make of it..Work at it and it will last..Give up and it will die
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| 5/17/2008 1:38:59 PM | How many people still believe? | |
garnetlady
Cincinnati, OH
age: 48
| I too was deceived, wanted to marry once and be forever. I tried! I believe in it, wouldn't have it any other way. A piece of paper doesn't make a marriage but is something I need if going to spend my life with someone. It is the people in the union that make the commitment and hopefully make it last.
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