getting married too young?

[manimtired]

im 30 and got engaged last night.  usa.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
   

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
  I have a live-in girlfriend who's 20.

Pervert!          
 
 Sweetcell:  congrats!!! [/b]

Nice, you can go out to the bar and hook up and she has to stay home!!!
 
 On the subject of marraige - I got married for the first time at 25....in hindsight my advice would be to not get married till you're in your 30's. Women can and do have children much older these days so rushing to get marraige for children is not such an issue anymore. Also women are much more career motivated which would be another reason to hold of on having kiddies....why have kids if you want a career then schlep them off to uncaring hired help for 10 hours a day? Priorities, priorities.
 
 Having said that, it's up to the individual really and none of my business.
 
 BTW lads - if it ends up in divorce just give her what she wants, kids, house whatever...She'll get it anyway so you may as well save on lawyer bills and just rollover and save a lot of money.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
   

Originally posted by hutch:
 A lot of the benefits or protection Julian mentions- in many places including DC- can be had through a domestic partnership.

Homosexual domestic partnership has devalued domestic partnership. Adam + Eve not Adam + Steve, son. [/b]

Do you express these embarrassingly small-minded views in public, or just when you're feeling safe behind a computer?

[Vas Deferens]

My pick for the most ignorant post of the year.
 
 

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
 Homosexual domestic partnership has devalued domestic partnership. Adam + Eve not Adam + Steve, son.

[sweetcell]

actually, it's my pick for second-most troll-iest post (after manimtired's collective blatherings, obviously).  a juvenile & irresponsible thing said to rile people up.  i'm not convinced he meant it - am i wrong, jules?  even if he was against gay marriage, i'm assuming he'd find a more eloquent way to state his opposition than to quote a redneck bumper sticker.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by manimtired:
  im 30 and got engaged last night.  usa.

My condolances to your fiance.    :p  
 
 Seriously though, congratulations!
 
 From my experience, I've found something about men and turning 30 tends to bring out the settling down urge. From the most homebodies to the biggest male whores about town; they turn 30 and WHAM! they get married.

[manimtired]

thanks!

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Jaguar:
 From my experience, I've found something about men and turning 30 tends to bring out the settling down urge.

dr. drew had this bit about all men being recovering testosterone addicts.  it's not until somewhere between ages 25 and 35 do they finally get a handle on their addiction and start to emerge as human beings.  although somewhat dramatic, there are some nuggets of truth in that spiel.
 
 manimtired, congrats and welcome to the club.  get ready to spend a lot of time looking at catalogs and websites      :eek:

[manimtired]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   

Originally posted by Jaguar:
 From my experience, I've found something about men and turning 30 tends to bring out the settling down urge.

dr. drew had this bit about all men being recovering testosterone addicts.  it's not until somewhere between ages 25 and 35 do they finally get a handle on their addiction and start to emerge as human beings.  although somewhat dramatic, there are some nuggets of truth in that spiel.
 
 manimtired, congrats and welcome to the club.  get ready to spend a lot of time looking at catalogs and websites       :eek:  [/b]

uggggg...thanks man!

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by Jaguar:
 
 From my experience, I've found something about men and turning 30 tends to bring out the settling down urge.  

For some reason the exact opposite happened to me when I turned 30.   <img src="http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll94/Vilihjalmr/Emoctions/EMOTICON_CONFUSED.png" alt=" - " />

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   i'm not convinced he meant it - am i wrong, jules?  even if he was against gay marriage, i'm assuming he'd find a more eloquent way to state his opposition than to quote a redneck bumper sticker.

I was, as usual, attempting to be flippant. The idea of some fly-by-night "playing house" judicial creation like domestic partnership is devalued by its being a fly-by-night "playing house" judicial creation, not by homosexuals.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
   

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   i'm not convinced he meant it - am i wrong, jules?  even if he was against gay marriage, i'm assuming he'd find a more eloquent way to state his opposition than to quote a redneck bumper sticker.

I was, as usual, attempting to be flippant. The idea of some fly-by-night "playing house" judicial creation like domestic partnership is devalued by its being a fly-by-night "playing house" judicial creation, not by homosexuals. [/b]

You're remarkably consistent in the way your flippancy attempts usually revolve around some form of intolerance.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  You're remarkably consistent in the way your flippancy attempts usually revolve around some form of intolerance.

I think it's funnier to parody stupid people then smart people. It's why George W. Bush impersonations are hilarious and Al Gore/John Kerry impersonations are bland.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Ok, not actually knowing you well I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

When I was 28, I dated a 19 year old. In retrospect, it was kind of cheesy (especially her telling her parents I was 24, and me going along with it). But at 28, I was pretty immature and not really ready to settle down and be in a serious relationship, so a typical 19 year old girl was probably a better match for me than a typical 28 year old woman.
 
 My mom and mother in law both married at 20 or so and their marriages both lasted, but that was a different time. My wife married at 18 and was divorced by 20.