In fact where I am from , there is such a psychiatric evaluation , blood test , tuberculosis test,DD test before marriage . To bad USA don't apply ,,,,,,,,:( Kinda scary to marry someone who's schizophrenic or who knows what other things ,,,,

Alien...in a completely non-creepy stalkerish non-gay way...I am going to remark.....you are breathtakingly stunning to look at!

I look forward to learning if the inside...the Who of you, is as beautiful as the outside...


oh and welcome, etc...

Marriage is "supposed" to be about trust. When you fall for someone, you trust that person 100%. At least, that is what you are supposed to do. In a way, our Government expects us to use our best judgment when selecting a lifetime partner. And wouldn't you know it, more than 80% of us have mucked that up.

I like your idea. The only thing I would change is the one penalty against my contractual partner, when she cheats on me. Instead of having an option of leaving her, (why would I if she's gorgeous and good cook? To punish myself for her cheatign on me?) I would rather see a clause of her having to change the diaper on my grandmother for a whole week non-stop, or her having to invite the lover over for dinner and eat her cooking, while I play Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on the violin, for the illegitimate (extra-contractual) lover. That would be a much more satisfactory punitive settlement to the injured party.

Plus. Make sure that she has to cook dinner for you for the rest of your life. And clean your house in a Grimace costume. Even if you do re-marry, she stills has the contractual obligation to do this. Unless she buys out of it at $10,000,000 dollars.

There should be a driving test as well. Thousands of marriages break up because the husband or the wife is critical of the driving style of the other.

There should be a math test as well, separate from the psych test. If a person is not able to tell the difference between a good number and a bad number, then he or she is not good enough to choose a human by evaluating him or her for goodness of purpose and fitness for use.

Also, a Pepsi-challenge, a wine tasting, and target shooting. A tug-of-war, a speed-fooook test, and a slow-motion lingual test. (Not language test.) A breast-test for women, and a testicle-test for men. Also, the other way around.

The world we live in right now still has room for improvement.

You can work anything into the contract that the other person is willing to sign for. I wouldn't sign a contract worded with your demands. I would rather go look for an other contractual love person.

I think having to renew a marriage licence is a great idea. In one sense it is romantic because you get to rechoose your spouse every few years. On the other hand it is financially better for if the marriage doesn't work out the two people can part company at the end of 3 or 5 years without losing the shirt of their backs or their souls to the lawyers and the family courts.

I would say Alien is either of Hungarian origin, or of Albanian/Bulgarian mix.

And I put the Albanian/Bulgarian stuff in there to make it look more liberal.

I'll go to your profile, allein, and check it out for clues to see if I was on target.

Allein, you can check the time stamp on this message and on your "viewed me" page for when I viewed you, to see that I am not bssing when I say I haven't looked yet at this point.

Oh, and if I am wrong, then there is not much point in checking of the time-stamps.

Basically, my idea is complete genocide of divorce lawyers......and Whoopi Goldberg. But that's another story.

You are 100% WRONG .

Yeah. I know. I looked at your profile.

I'll go and try taking out a beer from the Fridge now. Maybe I can be more accurate doing that.

Yeah. I know. I looked at your profile.

I'll go and try taking out a beer from the Fridge now. Maybe I can be more accurate doing that.

I want a learners permit.
Then, take 'em for a test drive.

This idea of a renewing the marriage license has came up a few times, I think it is a good idea. But so is the psych-evaluation also, I did not find out that my young wife had been committed to an institution and was just released not long before I met her. Her parents had committed her when she was 16, she was released to join the military (where I met her) when she was 17. Then we got married before she was 19 (I was 20) but I did not find out about those problems until we had our credit ran to buy a house...

I think that if the license was renewed every couple years it might make the couple try harder to please the other person instead of taking them for granted. Then the couple who has one that is mean or unfaithful or something like that then they would know at least that it is not forever. But this is more like what you can do now, live as married just without the paperwork...

I don't believe in government-sponsored religious ceremonies, so no I don't believe married people should be forced by law to renew their vows or any such absurdity.

I'm all for it because my first marriage is making for a pain in the butt divorce.

I'd take this even a step further, and say they have no business regulating marriage at all. They have no right or place in it, the relationship is between the people involved and God depending on beliefs. There should not be a marriage license to begin with based on those grounds.

I think , as parents, we get certain considerations and breaks,,,because of the implied commitment and responsibility undertaken in that role and I think the same is and should be true for those committing to the potential beginning of a family unit. I have no problem with those roles(parents, marriages) being supported and even preferred by government. Especially if it is a reflection of how the democratic citizenry feels about those roles (parents, marriages) in their communities. The time may soon follow when the parental role is washed thin of its significance and no longer supported or encouraged or commended similar to whats been happening with the role of marriage,,but time will tell and Im praying neither dissolution comes to pass.


The license idea has merits, but it comes down for me to punishing those who are making it work by requiring mandates for them to continue doing what works and letting those who give up just walk away with no further requirements whatsoever.

I agree with that. I became allergic to marriage and it only happened once! Got that 7 year deal.