The big M-word

Woodbeetle:

There are always three people in a marriage. From the moment they say their "I do's" until death or divorce do them part, the couple will always have the shadow of that third party to contend with. And by third party I mean the state.

Blooferlady:

Not to mention the church. And the families, in the Filipino setting. It's a circus out there.

Excerpt from one of Ally McBeal's closing speeches:

"Love in itself is insane. 'He's mad about her.' 'She's crazy about him.' 'He's fallen ass over tea kettle.' What does that expression even mean, 'ass over tea kettle'? It's nonsensical!

...But once you take vows... We start taking it seriously. Once love turns into a marriage, it becomes an institution."

Legal bonds. Compromising. Asset-sharing. Vows. Lifetime commitment. Fidelity. The right of the spouse to fuck you anytime, anywhere, regardless of how you feel about it. The right of the spouse to demand to produce heirs, again, regardless of how you feel about it. The whole thing is a circus. I'm sorry, but at this moment in time, I don't wanna be a freak. Not yet, at least.

LadyRain:

And I seriously do not get why married relatives are worried about us being free and happily single. I do not understand how they could complain about their spouses, and their married lives and yet when they start talking about us, they put on this all-concerned, sorry faces. Seriously.

Woodbeetle:
Pucha. Amen. Wala na akong masabi. Everybody love everybody.


Blooferlady:

But don't get me wrong. If two people are seeing eye to eye, and they see all this, and decide to get married anyway, I think it's awesome.

Okay, romanticism stops here. Back to being cynical. Punyeta silang lahat, lahat ng mga namre-mressure saken to get married now na (on the premise that the biological clock is ticking and all that blah).

LadyRain:

The answer to that biological-clock-is-ticking premise is technology. And of course, money. I'd rather spend millions on that if I really want to, than see myself trapped in a legal agreement forever. And I mean, no-way-out foreverrrr!