. . . once more it was borne in on him that marriage was not the safe anchorage he had been taught to think, but a voyage on uncharted seas.
Edith WhartonTag: marriage
Archer had reverted to all his old inherited ideas about marriage. It was less trouble to conform with the tradition and treat May exactly as all his friends treated their wives than to try to put into practice the theories with which his untrammelled bachelorhood had dallied.
Edith WhartonTag: marriage tradition gender-roles
Courtship is an activity whereby one losses oneself … whilst trying to win someone’s love.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: love marriage relationships dating courtship
A wedding is a ceremony men fund with money they know they don’t have … to prove the love they think they have.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: money marriage relationships dating materialism wedding
Or perhaps we should just junk the whole idea of getting
married in the first place. I’m generally against anything where
you’re supposed to change your name. When else do you get
named something else? On joining a nunnery, or becoming a porn
star. As an ostensibly joyful celebration of love, that’s bad company
to be in.
Tag: marriage over-spending
Frederick left the young couple gazing into each other’s eyes. Revolting, the way otherwise sensible people could carry on, he decided. Something to do with being married, no doubt. Perhaps it damaged the brain.
Caroline StevermerWhen a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they’re not really concerned about him; they’re concerned about their daughter’s tummy.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: parents food work marriage relationships dating materialism employment job rent bills
Most people can’t stand spending a few minutes by themself. Yet they expect others to spend an hour, a day, or, even a lifetime, with them.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: marriage relationships dating boredom
When you lose a friend or a lover, those who remain in your life gain (more of your attention).
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: friendship loss marriage relationships dating divorce breakups
The old laws do not stand. Everything can be remade. Marriage does not mean marriage now
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