Okay, is Meth someone's alt? Just too many good quotes here. The bit with the stars and the king and queen thing was gold.[quote name='Methadon']With divorce rates as high as they are, marriage alone certainly doesn't do a good job of deterring divorce (not as hard as you think).[/quote]You mean being
married doesn't
prevent divorce? I wouldn't have guessed that the main prerequisite
for a divorce wasn't a very good bulwark
against it. 'N I suppose having kids is the thing that keeps people together, eh?
[quote name='Methadon'] I know it sounds like I'm essentially saying that your marriage is bullshit, but I'm moreso implying that you're wasting it while you and your wife remain the only members of the family.[/quote]Yeah, it still sounds like you're saying his marriage is bullshit.
[quote name='Methadon']Why you hate kids is beyond me; didn't you use to be one?[/quote]I don't pay as much attention as I used to - could you cite your sources for that first bit there? Because if you can't do that, then I'm just going to start referring to you as Chacrana.
[quote name='Methadon']Why two people who think they're smart would ever think it's a dumb idea to have kids...[/quote]Financial reasons, lack of parenting skills, bad genetics, assorted moral and ethical issues (the population ain't gettin' any smaller, here, folks), etc.
[quote name='Methadon']... only remove their "oh so special" genes from the procreation pool.[/quote]We aren't slaves to our reproductive instincts, no matter how much purveyors of the is-ought fallacy wish we were.
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