Course, you don't really hear about all of the abuse and beatings, mistreatement, and it never stopped anyone from having mistresses, extra-marital affairs, etc. They just didn't get out of a marriage. Would you really want to be miserable all of your life just to stay married?

After all, didn't Henry execute a bunch of wives when he got sick of them?!

My good Catholic uncle has been married 3 times. My parents who are atheists have been married 36 years.

I don't see the point in marriage. I would like to enjoy companionship, but in all honesty, men get on my nerves after a while, so I don't want them to stick around.

Hmmmm...Well marriage definately works if it is with the right person. I know...DUH, right?! But it does. And it can be wonderful! If these people you know that are married are out in bars hitting on women, they do not need to be married...at least not to that person.

LMAO! Mine is a horse, 9 calves, 13 goats, 60 chickens, 6 turkeys, 3 PBPigs, a cat, a rabbit, 8 'keets, a parrot, a conure, a cockatiel, 2 rats, and 2 dogs. And that doesn't include books, CD's, and knick-knacks.

Yeh, no wonder I'm single. Most guys can't handle all of the animals.

Sure!

I don't believe in marriage anymore. But I fully intend to find the one I love and live in sin forever.

I'm not opposed to marriage, even after 19 years of marriage. I just don't think most people understand what it takes to be happily married, or happy together even if they're not married. Which is why I'm not sure whether I would remarry. I'd have to be convinced that we were on the same page.

I was burned deeply in my marriage of close to 24 years. I married for "life" and I did everything I could to make it work. I ended up losing myself in the process. I compromised and believed in him and his lies and in the end the life was sucked right out of me. I thank God for giving me the strength to finally realize I was worth more than that. The relationship was unhealthy for me and for my daughters.

The men in my life have all been scuzbags. My friends & coworkers keep telling me that great guys really do exist. I am putting myself out there and stepping out of my comfort zone, keeping my eyes and heart open to the possibility of finding one.

I believe every experience we have is a learning opportunity. Some more painful than others. I am using mine and choosing it to turn my life around for the best.

Do I believe in marriage? Yes. I have seen it work well for others.
Do I believe I will remarry? It won't be anytime soon, but, I am open to the possiblility of a relationship which is a complete turnaround from a year ago.

So, in the meantime, I am living my own life every day and am enjoying it for the most part. There are those days where the loneliness sets in and I have to fight it with everything that I have got not to let it get to me. I don't have time for depression. I am too busy trying to live.

Best wishes to finding what you are looking for.

I have similar beliefs to Want2B5ft. I was burned after 21 years, and she forced my kids and me into poverty for a year. I hate her for what she has done and continues to do to our kids.

However, she's gone, I have the teens and I love my life without her! I was very happy being married and I hope to someday find someone who would like to share that with me again.

Wow, that is a lot of pets, it's a wonder you have time for anything else.

Okay well call me old fashioned but I do believe in marriage!

Marriage is a contract .Its not what it was years ago. I got married and lasted 2 months it complicates things. Commitment is what i believe in . If you truly love each other that's all you need.

Having done it once -- unfortunately -- I would have to agree with that position. Never again.



And I certainly have no interest in signing a "screw my life up even worse than it is now" contract.



No no no no no no no no....



Being single is not always utopia, but it beats being with the wrong person. When you've been in as many bad relationships as I have, you start to think that maybe the "right person" is just another myth like the Easter Bunny or Santa or Bob Dole, and it makes being single a little less onerous.



Absolutely true. Worst mistake of my life.



I don't drink and I don't go to bars, but if I was still married, I might need some self-medication to handle the ongoing disappointment.



It's kind of like having a piano fall on your head -- until it actually happens to you, you'll never have any idea of just how horrible it really is.