finz
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I don't know anyone who marries someone different every few years.
Who knows any married people who don't have a wedding picture up ?
Pretty sure getting married is the only reason I would change my last name.....the current Lithuanian surname doesn't roll off the tongue the same way, is butchered on pronounciation, and has been a subject of ridicule for my kids. Life with a popular/common Irish surname is a lot simpler around the Boston area.
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gr8Dad
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"I don't know anyone who marries someone different every few years."
There are quite a few out there.
"Who knows any married people who don't have a wedding picture up ?"
I did not have wedding pictures of either of my weddings up for public display.
So what if you went to a studio and TOOK wedding pictures, but never actually got a marriage license? Because what I am seeing is an AWFUL lot of importance attached to a lousy piece of paper.
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M5M5
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My marriage certificate is framed on my bedroom wall. We also have wedding pictures. When I speak to people, I introduce my DH AS my husband...not my shack up. I also have his last name. Our kids know we are married. I would say 99% of kids know whether their parents are married or not.
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DedicatedDad
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"Because what I am seeing is an AWFUL lot of importance attached to a lousy piece of paper."
I think your confusion lies in that some of us place little or no value on "that" piece of paper. It is merely a formality of the state to get married. The true value comes from getting married in the eyes of God. That part means everything to those that place value on faith.
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gr8Dad
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"The true value comes from getting married in the eyes of God. That part means everything to those that place value on faith."
You know it wasn't until about the 15th or 16th century that the church even RECOGNIZED marriage, right? The rite of marriage is a PURELY man made dogma to benefit the church.
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Sherron
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"Because what I am seeing is an AWFUL lot of importance attached to a lousy piece of paper. "
Yeah, and that's just the gays... ;)
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gr8Dad
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I apologize, I am talking about importance to the treatment of a child.
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Sherron
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"I apologize, I am talking about importance to the treatment of a child. "
No need to apologize, I actually understand your view... an awful lot of importance attached to a lousy peace of paper, the rite of marriage being a purely man made dogma to benefit the church... all good points.
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SRS
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I don't live in the 15th or 16th century. I live in 2011 and that piece of paper is important.
A lot of people still believe in marriage and not shacking up. Values.
ETA: SHerron had a point, if marriage is so unimportant why do gay people want to get married so bad.
Yes, your kids know if you are married or shacking up.
Edited by SRS (07/08/11 05:21 AM)
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ssmom79
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I am a prude and old fashioned and I love being married. Some people prefer not being married. It's as important as you make it in your own life. I want my SD to have a marriage, not something like her Mom has, which is stumbling across the first person who shows interest.
I have our photos up even though I have terrible bangs in the photos...and I mean TERRIBLE! We have never framed the certificate...it's locked in a safe...but now I want to! I can't believe I never even considered it.
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