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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:28 PM Original message |
Marriage Licenses should come with an expiration date |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Marriage licenses *do* come with an expiration date. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I thought you was going to say "till death do us part" |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. heh. If that were the case I'd have a couple of dead x's. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. LOL, spouses, ya can't live with them; can't get away with killing them |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. aint that the truth! |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Ya can still live without them! |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. yeah, you can live with out em, but it'll cost ya. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. No kidding :P |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Or as Norm said on Cheers |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. You're right--they're usually only good for a certain period. nt |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. and open an entire new market speeding up the asset division process |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, the kids would just love that, having to wonder if Ma or Pa will up and leave every five years |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. If it cost $10 to get a divorce and $10K to get married. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. hehe - I like it! |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. I used to work in divorce court |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Are you proposing we move our nation's capitol to Las Vegas? |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Forget that. Marriages should come with an expiration date. You should have to... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Well, that's what I meant |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wasn't there a legislator in Germany that proposed exactly that a few years ago? |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. What problems would it solve? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You must have missed my sig line |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm not sure what problems that would solve |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. It usually takes more than 5 years to work the bugs out. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. and then some of us are 14 yrs in and never more happy and satisfied |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. It wouldn't be a requirement n/t |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yeah because LOTS of women would sign up for THAT deal... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. right... that really stupid talk that only women want marriage.... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. no but women have more to lose in a divorce if they can't get one. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. 50/50... i dont see where the worry is. n/t |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Women are the ones usually left with the kids |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. women are generally the ones even making less working 40 hrs a week |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well I'm single and do my own dishes (without a dishwasher) and laundry. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. i was single and did my own too. really had nothing to do with us when single |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. It would work both ways |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. how about we respect people's right to stay married or get divorced on their own timetable |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Gosh, no one proposed anyone else's timetable - if you want to choose to stay married |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. It would be a trade off |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. i spent the other day listening |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. The wedding industry should donate a lot of money to that cause |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Attorneys should support it too, then! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Attorneys could definitely see a lot more cases |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. mine did |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. I like it. My wife and I would be required to take a trip to Vegas every 5 years to re-new. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. "Till an arbitrary expiration date established by vote of the state legislature do us part"... |
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