say no to marriage!
i have no doubt in my mind that this is some sort of rehashing of previously discussed material, but things like this deserve a refresher course once in a while.
you know, people i know have been getting married, others are in serious relationships, yada yada. i just...i dont know...i cant envision myself ever ending up in what i like to call a marriage-track relationship (again?), unless it's with my fellow blogger of course.
im entirely too selfish and self-absorbed. on top of that, im entirely too pragmatic/realistic/cynical about serious relationships, despite the relative success of what i will call the "3 year" relationship.
here's the problem, however. as we get older, generally our lives become more static (or less dynamic, depending on how you view the proverbial glass of water), which means we come into contact with fewer people. additionally, our [glib] friends are all deserting us for monogamy, or an attempt at it. and finally, youve got that whole evolutionary/biological impulse to procreate, and unfortunately in our society, youre encouraged to procreate in wedlock...you know, for that whole "healthy family" bullshit. obviously that works really well.
i dont want to get married. i THINK i want kids eventually (as scary as that is to some of you, im sure), but i cant even take care of myself now, so i dont want a little shitfactory to take care of for quite a while.
---side note: i was at the gym earlier, and this man was playing with his baby. it was really adorable, but then he took the baby to see what i think was her mother. and the mother did the retarded "googoo gaga" type face. why do people feel the need to act like complete idiots, in public no less, when there is a baby or pet afoot? is it wrong to talk to them in a normal voice? is it possible to avoid contorting your face to look like you have down syndrome??
i like the seinfeldian, unenthusiastic "hi, how are you" much better than the "zjehzjehbabaaay" type bullshit---
i dont know where i was going with this before i got sidetracked, but i really believe the no-marriage thing could work if we were all in this together. unfortunately, youre all too glib and pathetic to join me...assholes
you know, people i know have been getting married, others are in serious relationships, yada yada. i just...i dont know...i cant envision myself ever ending up in what i like to call a marriage-track relationship (again?), unless it's with my fellow blogger of course.
im entirely too selfish and self-absorbed. on top of that, im entirely too pragmatic/realistic/cynical about serious relationships, despite the relative success of what i will call the "3 year" relationship.
here's the problem, however. as we get older, generally our lives become more static (or less dynamic, depending on how you view the proverbial glass of water), which means we come into contact with fewer people. additionally, our [glib] friends are all deserting us for monogamy, or an attempt at it. and finally, youve got that whole evolutionary/biological impulse to procreate, and unfortunately in our society, youre encouraged to procreate in wedlock...you know, for that whole "healthy family" bullshit. obviously that works really well.
i dont want to get married. i THINK i want kids eventually (as scary as that is to some of you, im sure), but i cant even take care of myself now, so i dont want a little shitfactory to take care of for quite a while.
---side note: i was at the gym earlier, and this man was playing with his baby. it was really adorable, but then he took the baby to see what i think was her mother. and the mother did the retarded "googoo gaga" type face. why do people feel the need to act like complete idiots, in public no less, when there is a baby or pet afoot? is it wrong to talk to them in a normal voice? is it possible to avoid contorting your face to look like you have down syndrome??
i like the seinfeldian, unenthusiastic "hi, how are you" much better than the "zjehzjehbabaaay" type bullshit---
i dont know where i was going with this before i got sidetracked, but i really believe the no-marriage thing could work if we were all in this together. unfortunately, youre all too glib and pathetic to join me...assholes
posted by bruce dickinson at 8/13/2006 05:20:00 PM
4 Comments:
Kids with out marraige could work... we could also grow them in test tubes and make the state reponsible for rearing them; all the while encouraging adults to participate in a healthly lifestyle of narcotics and sexual gratification because that is what will make us truly happy...
well put--
common law marriage and other similar living agreements are quite prevalent in europe, for the record.
and if you take a walk through any neighborhood in america where "families" live (i use the term loosely), i think youll find precisely what you describe, sans test tubes.
BD-
The statement "common law marriage..." is a fallacy against the previous point made by anonymous, for the record.
I would agree that the previous anonymous post, when viewed conceptually, might be an accurate american analysis. That being said there still exists that damn voice(yes, even in you're little jaded brain), that voice that no matter how meek is still heard to say "It would be wrong to give up on that ideal."
By the by, my previous slippery slope and current malapropism did not go unoticed but instead are devices to aid in my Ethos...
-It's all lethal
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