Asturiel's Weekly: Marriage

[Asturiel]

And now for my weekly thread, the free bacon offer has now ended.
[sub]Damn you Irridium, now I have to actually buy bacon! Curses![/sub]

Now as some of us are actually getting older and not being benny [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_(film)] about things, it is likely that our friends are aging too. With age comes more responsibility, and seeing as some people would like to get into the business of tying themselves down to another person we will start to see people we know doing this. Now as the hat of marriage starts to be worn by people we knew before they were married (I.E. parents friends) it starts to put things into perspective. So I ask you this Escapist, has the idea or the way you view marriage changed from when you are younger? If so how has it?

Me personally it got odd around the time when my friend (I think he's 19) got married to an american girl he met online[footnote]Side note to canadian men, do you find american women alluring? Same applies to the american women, I ask this because of Scott Pilgrim I know three guys who all went to the states and got their chickeepoo. Do I just know odd people? Or is this a thing.[/footnote] and now he lives near my house, and visits with his wife often. Plus with me sister of 27 getting married to my now brother in law felt a bit odd, mostly because I knew the people getting married.

Anyway Escapist, above question, you see, you think, you post.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Answer: No.
My thoughts on marriage have not changed.
Also: nobody I know has gotten married since I was about 8.

 

[Aryanos]

Idk i think the only opinion has changed is now i can marry either gender so...

 

[UnusualStranger]

How I view marriage? Never has changed for me. It was always just a reason for family to get together, it seemed. But then again, I don't think my family celebrates like other ones do.

I've seen all sorts of marriages...and remarriages. And I don't really see much change. But thats just me.

 

[Irridium]

Honestly, I never really cared about marriage. I didn't, and still don't, mind others getting married. I just plain don't care. I figure if I really love someone, and she loves me back, we could be happy where we are, and not have to have some giant flashy event.

Thats just me though, as I'm not exactly a fan of giant flashy events. Plus marriage seems overrated these days. It seems people are getting married just for the sake of it, because they think its just something "people do". I would like to avoid getting married to someone like that, since the marriage probably won't last.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Heh. In the URL, that reads as "Asturiels weekly marriage". It's definitely better without the colon!

OT: I don't know. I've always been what can only be described as a hopeless romantic, and I've had a very idealised view of marriage since I was very young (even after my parents got divorced, and then everyone else's parents did the same thing).

The only thing that happens when people I know get married is that I start to feel old. Although I suspect it'll happen more and more often in the next couple of years as my friends start graduating from uni.

 

[The Procrastinated End]

Yes it has changed, it went from completely not caring for no reason to not caring because it's a legal document.

 

[Girl With One Eye]

I guess they have but not in a negative way. My parents are divorced so I always viewed marriage as this horrible thing that made two people hate each other. But after growing up I've realised that people just rush into marriage instead of waiting until they're really ready. I've had ex's ask to marry me, but I knew it wasn't right at the time. But I think I'll know when it is.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

Mine have changed, on account of having been married myself. I used to think marriage was nothing special, now I see it as a waste of time, money, and emotion.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

My opinion on marriage has remained essentially unchanged throughout the bulk of my life: I see it as a fine institution that I have no particular desire to take part in - because I live the life of a celibate monk, ha ha! I'm attending my cousin's wedding next week though.

 

[Housebroken Lunatic]

No.

Marriage = unnecessary shit 10 years ago. And that fact hasn't changed.