Will have you been spying on me again?
And it was sister not best mate. But pretty accurate lol!
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So true.
Quote: Will Cam @ January 13 2012, 12:27 PM GMT
you meet
you play it cool
She's a bit coy
you pretend to look up to her
she feels really warm and secure
she's eating out of your hand
she falls in love with you
you on the outside but
on the inside
she wants to get married
f**k me, you think
you tell her you are not ready
it breaks her heart
you try and console her (for about 5 minutes)
before shagging her best mate
Excellent!
Religion in schools touchy subject. Back in my day we Jews and Johos got to sit outside whilst everyone sang some assinine hymn about loving lambs or something (no Muslims in my school or Hindus I don't think they'd been invented)
I quite liked this cos I hated sitting cross legged. But now I think about it, it was kinda rejecting and issolating.
I think schools and religion are a lousy mix. The problem is where's the none religious alternative voice. When ever anyone talks about morality or values without God it seems to turn into such a thin politically correct broth.
And kids aren't stupid. They know all this morally equivocating stuff is bullshit. Can't say we're all the same and then stick posters on the wall about
"is one of your class mates going to be sent abroad to marry an illiterate goat herder?"
or
"is one of your mates likely to explode his underpants on a tube train?"
Wrong thread?
But wow, I had totally forgotten about the one kid who had to go and sit outside during part of assembly. 
It did seem a bit embarrassing for her (The teacher on stage would always say 'time for you to pop out now dear' or words to that effect.)
Quote: EllieJP @ January 13 2012, 12:27 PM GMTYes, I totally agree that the main thing that matters is that you love and respect each other... but having a marriage makes it harder for them to leave.
For me I think it depends on the time you've been together and a lot of other factors other than a ring and piece of paper. For example two couples (Lets call them A&B) had both been very happy together for ten years. The only difference that couple A were married, I don't think they would fight harder just because they had a ring and a peice of paper.
I think for some people deciding to get married says - I've had boyfriends before, maybe lived with some before, but this one is the one I want to marry. ie, he/she is special. It differentiates the relationship from others they may have had.
Maybe. God knows.
I think there's something very primal about marriage. It's one of those things that goes back to our primitive ancestry.
I know some very modern feminist types who still took their vows of commitment.
I think I've come of a little negative. But I do think for some people marriage is good thing and they'll prob have shit ton of gremlin kids and be happy with each other til they die. But that's nothing to do with marriage it's because they click. Marriage is just somethingthat's expected, like a life checkpoint.
Just personally. No thanks. Thats someone else's thing not mine. Plus the older I get the more I'm now expected to settle down have kids, 'make do' with someone get married get morgage. Amount of banal questions to that effect anytime I see any member of family.
Getting married doesn't seem at odds with feminism to me. Taking the man's name sometimes does, but I need to get over that. The point of feminism is that the woman can choose whether to take his name or not - not that she should not take it at all costs.
Quote: zooo @ January 13 2012, 12:54 PM GMTGetting married doesn't seem at odds with feminism to me. Taking the man's name sometimes does, but I need to get over that. The point of feminism is that the woman can choose whether to take his name or not - not that she should not take it at all costs.
I thought the point of feminism was to get treated equally and not be thought less of because your a woman?
If you want to take his name that doesn't seem at odds with that, its still your decision.
Thing about double barrelling names is after the first generation it gets silly.
Quote: Gavin @ January 13 2012, 12:58 PM GMTI thought the point of feminism was to get treated equally and not be thought less of because your a woman?
If you want to take his name that doesn't seem at odds with that, its still your decision.
I knowsss! I agree!
Some women don't give it any thought though and just follow tradition blindly, which is a bit naughty. I think people should put some thought into why they're doing things before they do them.
Quote: sootyj @ January 13 2012, 12:59 PM GMTThing about double barrelling names is after the first generation it gets silly.
Depends. Many countries (Spain, possibly?) double barrel as a matter of course. And they have systems to make it not turn silly. Works for them.
Quote: Gavin @ January 13 2012, 12:53 PM GMTPlus the older I get the more I'm now expected to settle down have kids, 'make do' with someone get married get morgage. Amount of banal questions to that effect anytime I see any member of family.
Well, until this happens, expect the pressure to mount.
How depressing.