There is only one thing that promises a successful marriage. "Love, honor and cherish." All else is meaningless BS.
Yeah, I swapped out obey, because that was only ever paid lip service to anyway. No one in their right mind ever believed it was a valid thing. Not after the first full day of marriage, at least.
I am not going to get into the in's and out's of Kim Kardashian's marriage because I know very little about it and care even less. I know she is famous, and have some mild curiousity as to what she is actually famous for, which no one has yet been able to answer for me, but that is about it.
Marriage vows are not just some magical formula you repeat to get some possibly mythical sky ghost looking out for you. They are promises. Solemn ones, that you make to keep, with no qualifiers, no reservations and no "it doesn't count 'cause my fingers were totaly crossed when I said it."
To me, keeping your word is the most important thing in life, since your word and your reputation is the only thing you truly own. No weaselling out, no excuses, no buts. You give your word, you keep it. Something that people from all walks of life seem to be willing to forget far too readily.
Kim K and Kris H's publicity stunt marriage is a slap in the face to homosexuals everywhere who are deemed more "dangerous" to the "sanctity" of marriage than these two phonies. Such a shame. They can do whatever they want - I just wish ALL people were able to.
You get precisely zero argument from me on that.
OK, I can see the point when people do not wish to call it marriage - that is a word with a definition set by religion - but the right to have the same benefits, duties and obligations? I am so in favor of that.
Why shouldn't the LGBT community be just as miserable as us straights (that was sarcasm, for the Ivy League educated ;) )
This wedding was a scam and whats worst is this seems to be what everyone keeps talking about! C'mon guys, little puny whores exist everywhere....time to move on!
was that just a story for publicity?
Ever since I can remember my mom taught me how much work marriage is, even if it's the right person. And she wouldn't just leave it at "you'll understand when your older" but instead gave me examples of times that she and my dad went through really rough times. She told me that at one point they sat down and asked each other if they were willing to make it work or if they felt they weren't right. And not once did her telling me this make me question how much they loved each other. I learned that just because you have moments of questions that it doesn't mean that person isn't right for you. But marriage is always a constant choice, not something you can just let "happen" over the years.
Marriage is constant recalibration of your relationship. I am eternally grateful that she taught me this because otherwise, I know I'd have a completely different idea of what it's supposed to be.