Whats your opinion on marriage good and bad?

The good... getting a tax break .. you never have to worry about getting a date...never being alone.

The bad... getting set in your ways and not making that extra effort to show your mate you care and love them. It just becomes a legal and binding agreement.

With myself having three ex-wives? Is marriage a good thing? These quotes say it all...

"Want to really get to know the woman you're with, meet her in court!"

"Why is divorce so expensive? Because it's worth it!"

They say there is alot of truth in humor and in this case its true.Im laughing right along with you.

Engagement ring, wedding ring and suffer ring.

Never been married so I can’t say. But it seems to me the following should apply.

Married to the right person = great life together.

Married to the wrong person = why the hell did you do that?

I used to tell people that I’d like to be married. They’d say to me, “Well hell, I’m sure there are a lot of women who would marry you! If you want to be married it shouldn’t be hard to find a wife”.

I think they misunderstood what I meant.

What I really meant to say is that I’d like to find a woman that I would really like to marry.

I don’t want to be married just for the sake of being married! Sheesh!

I love being married! I would do it again, if the right person came along in a heart beat. It is just so nice to come home to that special someone. Sharing; meals, the house work, planning things for the future. Taking care of him when he needs me to and him doing the same for me.

But your preliminary work has to be done, It can't just happen with anyone, you have know this person. You have to know that the contract (marriage certificate) is not what makes you stay, but in your heart you both want to stick and stay.

It is hard work on both sides, you have to really want it!

I will never marry again.
To many different things to handle, live together, date steady........MAYBE.

Would I marry again? For me, it would mean belonging to someone but not feeling owned, looking after someone because I wanted to not because I felt obligated and, most importantly, loving someone with all my heart and knowing he felt the same way about me. Would I do it again? Absolutely!

Marriage....

I dont know any men that havent been married and was wondering what are your standards for getting married. Its hard to believe you havent found one with all the women out there.getting married isnt the hard part staying married is. You must put alot more thought into it than most men do.

I think that’s definitely the case. I had ample opportunity to marry the wrong women and chose not to.

I even had ample opportunity to have sex with women I didn’t want to marry and chose not to. How many men would turn down sex because they aren’t interested in a marrying the woman? I think I’m pretty unique in that.

In fact, most of my teenage friends ended up getting married because they got their girlfriends pregnant. Every single one of those marriages ended in a bitter divorce. Those marriages weren’t about love, they were about sex.

I would never marry a woman for sex. And I have no interest in having sex with a woman I wouldn’t marry. I think I’m definitely non-stereotypical of men in general.

So Abracadabra - have you found someone worthy? Your profile says you are no longer looking.

marriage- good - someone to share expenses with; sleeping with someone besides a dog. Someone to grow old with would be a huge plus; someone to walk with.


marriage - bad - someone wanting to be entertained; more laundry to do; someone expecting me to decide what to have for dinner every night.

Nope. I just gave up on looking.

That's sad. But I really don't blame you. It's a rough world we live in.

Been there, done that. No need to go back.

I like what 1956Cleo and Hikerchick have to say. Pretty much on target.

Marriage needs to be a two way street with both partners contributing. My mistake has been going stale and tuning my mates out. I think I've learned my lesson, though. Time will tell, eh?

Don't read too much into it. I just got tired of having to say ‘no thank you’ to the women who were sending me emails, so I put “No longer looking” on my profile and they stopped emailing me. I think they automatically take that to mean that I’m involved.

I’m not actively searching for someone, but if I just happen to bump into the right one I’m not going to shun her either.

I've discovered that it's just about impossible to convey anything meaningful over the Internet or in a profile. If I ever meet someone it will probably be in person anyway.

Have you gotten MORE mail since you stopped looking? Just curious - women have this undeniable need to try to get the things that they think they can't have.

I agree with you 100% on your views about marrying the right person. I am certain that I could marry next week if I really wanted just to marry. But I want so much more - or nothing at all. I would not marry just to have someone. It would have to be someone pretty amazing to sweep me off my feet, really. I guess you are the same way.

No, actually the emails stopped.

But I do have some understanding about how women seem to want what they can’t have. Or at least what they aren’t supposed to have. I’ve been hit on by more married women than I care to recount. I’m talking in-person. And sometimes their husbands were just in the other room!!!

I turned them all down. I’m not interested in having sex with someone else’s wife. Absolutely not. I don’t care if she’s the sexiest woman on earth. I truly have no desire to have sex with a woman knowing full well that that is all it is. Especially if she involved with another man. I don’t even care if he gives her permission. I’m still not interested. In fact, one guy even wanted me to have sex with his wife and I refused, he actually became quite irate about like as if I had insulted the woman. Hey, I’m sorry, but what do I look like a male prostitute? For me, sex is an extremely intimate rapport and not something I would even be interested in doing outside of a very emotionally intimate relationship.

That’s just the way I am.

I will have sex with a single woman though. I have no problem with sex outside of marriage. Although, even then I need there to be some emotional intimacy. My sexual desires and my emotional desires have always been deeply entwined.

And we got all of that from, “women want what they can’t have”