tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30810438.post4470503728183126588..comments2023-06-23T09:34:42.832-04:00Comments on The Walrus Said: In Praise of WeddingsJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30810438.post-64476770109848584692008-05-25T15:29:00.000-04:002008-05-25T15:29:00.000-04:00As for church, I have had no luck there either: it...As for church, I have had no luck there either: it seems everywhere I have attended in recent years has them either much too young or much too old. Oh, well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30810438.post-47719036668649109922008-05-25T15:28:00.000-04:002008-05-25T15:28:00.000-04:00Uh-huh, just bail on a guy and leave him out there...Uh-huh, just bail on a guy and leave him out there all to his own wiles (which, in my case, apparently aren't very good!). ;-p<BR/><BR/>You know, if you'd hurry on up and marry your excess off, then you'd could splurge a little on the rest of us needful blokes. lol :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30810438.post-1022270260223637582008-05-23T17:32:00.000-04:002008-05-23T17:32:00.000-04:00Gee, Gary, if I had an unattached sister or daught...Gee, Gary, if I had an unattached sister or daughter I could try to do something for you, but as it happens we have a surplus of unattached males instead. So you're on your own.<BR/><BR/>(Churches tend to have a good population of females with a positive prejudice toward marriage. Of course, they generally prefer their men to be on the religious side, in that case...)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30810438.post-41555959937163700512008-05-23T17:20:00.000-04:002008-05-23T17:20:00.000-04:00I've been wanting to try that whole wedding thing ...I've been wanting to try that whole wedding thing myself...<BR/><BR/>the only problem is, they keep telling me I need a bride first.<BR/><BR/>What is up with <I>that</I>? Personally, I think it's discrimination, myself! ;-p How else is a fella to get hitched if he doesn't have a ceremony? :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30810438.post-48033346975448853702008-05-23T16:06:00.000-04:002008-05-23T16:06:00.000-04:00Fern, it's very cool to hear how well your husband...Fern, it's very cool to hear how well your husband has meshed with your family. This web of relationships really is the glue of society.<BR/><BR/>I think the excessive individualism of the 60's and 70's is now perhaps, finally, starting to lose steam and people are starting to get a sense of the bigger picture again. Maybe I'm just being hopeful.<BR/><BR/>Please note that I'm not much in favour of big, gaudy, surpassing-the-Joneses type weddings either. This shouldn't be a game of one-upsmanship. But I am valuing more and more the communal support for both the institution of marriage and for the actual couple getting married. And cheapskate that I am, I am all in favour of generous wedding and shower gifts. They can spend the rest of their lives paying it forward by turning up at everybody else's wedding, generous gift in hand. It spreads the expense out that way if nothing else. ;o)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30810438.post-62386896709328897862008-05-23T11:11:00.000-04:002008-05-23T11:11:00.000-04:00Amen.Amen.Janna Leadbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339705935553160673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30810438.post-29991819202190714042008-05-23T02:03:00.000-04:002008-05-23T02:03:00.000-04:00I wholeheartedly agree. Just today I was thinking ...I wholeheartedly agree. Just today I was thinking about how a marriage isn't just between the husband and wife, or even the husband, wife and their children.<BR/><BR/>If my husband and I were to divorce (G-d forbid!) my parents and brothers would be devastated. David, one of my brothers, was only 9 when we started dating. He is now 18 and graduating from high school. My husband has been a role-model and friend to David for half of his life! They hand out just the two of them. And David calls our house to talk to my husband as often as he calls to talk to me.<BR/><BR/>It's amazing to me that someone I chose to include in our family could have such a big impact on my family members' lives. Communities and families can be improved with a good marriage and harmed by a bad marriage or divorce.Fern @ Life on the Balconyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00723669902505470885noreply@blogger.com