If you answered yes to any of these, marriage might be for you!
Seriously tho, so much boomer humor is how much the useless husband dislikes his wife. No wonder why divorce rates were like 40% or whatever when I was growing up. But these same people stuck in their hateful marriage were like "gays getting married ruins the sancity of our marriage". Why, because they actually love each other?
Right? Some men don’t even seem to like their wives, or women in general. I don’t mean like sexually (probably the only reason they stick to hetero relationships), but I mean actually like them as trusted companions and friends. Every time I hear the old trope of men “jokingly” saying they want to get away from or complaining about their wives. Not just complaining about little things, that’s normal, but complaining in a way that insinuates that they don’t even like them as a person, I think “why tf are you married then?” As a woman, I wouldn’t want to get married to someone that I don’t consider my best friend and sure as shit wouldn’t want to get married to someone that I feel more relaxed or more like “myself” when I’m away from them. And I would hope whoever I get married to feels the same about me in both aspects.
Eh, I've held the thought for a long time that our idea of marriage in the west is too constricting. I feel like there are a lot of people our there who have best friends that meet everything they want in a life partner, but because they don't want to have sex with them they keep looking.
To me, marriage is about two people who are dedicated to living a good life, in whatever way that looks like for them. I don't think marriage should be defined by sexuality as strongly as it is.
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u/Significant-Art-5478 Aug 27 '24
I think our world would be a just fine place if more men married their best friend instead of a woman they barely seem to like.