Fistful, I was joking. Believe me.
My wife only wipes me down with dairy products.
(I'M KIDDING AGAIN!).
thebaldguy, a piece of paper is a piece of paper. It's no stronger a shield against a bullet than a restraining order, and no more a guarantee of matrimonial happiness than whatever warranty comes with the diamond ring.
In fact, I have my own observation: the larger the diamond on the wedding ring, the shorter will be the marriage. I base that observation only on the dozens of friends my wife and I have had, as well as the dozens or more weddings we photographed back in the 1980's.
In an earlier post, I mentioned that my parents just celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary.
There was a lot of give-and-take that made that happen. My mother was extremely close to her sisters. When GM transferred my dad from Flint, MI over here to MKE, WI, there was a promise my dad made: my mother would be able to go visit her sisters in Flint as often as the family budget allowed. And she did visit. By plane, car, or by ferry, she crossed the lake probably every couple of months to be with her sisters.
I've made promises to my own wife as well, and have only fallen short on a couple of them. I'll get around to fixing those soon.
thebaldguy, I'm not trying to push my ideas of marriage on you. Far from it. If you're happy, I'm happy. I'm just saying that I'm very happy with the choice I made.
Maybe three years ago, I was out on my motorcyle, and stopped at one of my usual, notorious biker bars to check out the awesome custom bikes.
I got into a conversation with a grizzled old rider, and he had to cut the conversation short. He said, "I gotta be over in Waterford at 2 pm. This babe I know said she was going to give me a ______."
That comment cut multiple ways. First, I can't imagine a time arrangement. Nor can I imagine anything else that comes with such time arrangements.
I have my friend, confidant, and lover for life.
If you have something that works better for you, know that I won't try to stop you.
I won't get in your way if you don't get in mine.