cjenny
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marie, this is why i am upset. lol its all color coded because i had to use notebook. you are dressed in red, i am in black and SimplyMichael got the green outfit. this took forever so it had better be in order!! you say youre not down on divorce..yet..you sure came across that way in more than one post. you said you dont see it in black/white yet you stated the same things several times. marieToo: If you get divorced, you break a vow. You betray a promise to stay with someone for better or worse. Breaking a vow is breaking a vow. quote: post 123 ORIGINAL: cjenny Okay MarieToo.. I admit to being a bit lost here. Are you saying that once married that the marriage should hold no matter what? Thats exactly what the vows state. No matter what. Sickness and health, for better or worse..until death do us part. Yes, that includes "no matter what". SimplyMichael post 146 To whomever, Don't whine about not wanting to break a vow, it was for "better OR WORSE"...that didn't just mean money, it meant if the sex sucked or she didn't that you would STILL honor the vow. If you are going to get sanctimonious, at least find some frigging high ground because from where you are at we can't hear you over the gurgling of the bullshit you are standing in. quote: If the parties agree the marriage is not working are vows still broken? Vows to whom?? Vows to each other are broken, yes. You break your marriage vows. quote: Bob & Mary get divorced after 20 years of a bad marriage, they both agree to it. Did just one break the vows? Both? Both broke their vows. I was trying to make a point which I apparently didnt do very well. Cheating is breaking a vow to be fidel to your spouse. Divorce is breaking a vow to stay in your marriage no matter what the problems are. I was trying to draw an analogy that cheating and divorcing are both examples of breaking a vow. I am divorced, btw. Im not down on divorce, Im not down on breaking vows. Im down on making them in the first place. Im not down on hanging cheaters, or hanging the spouses of cheaters, or hanging the other man/woman. My point is about priorities. To some people its a greater sin to break the fidelity vow than to break the 'till death do us part vow'. To others, divorce is unthinkable but cheating is forgiveable. For example: I know a couple whose marriage actually improved after an affair, because it made them both take a long hard look a their marriage and focus on the problems and fix them. Its a different account for everyone. I dont think its black and white. marieToo post #153 quote: ORIGINAL: cjenny It just seems so obvious to me. If cheating is going to be involved then you need to un-involve from the marriage. Not every marriage can or should be saved but stepping out should not be an option either. Not til those final papers are filed, then do what you want with whom you want. Yeah yeah it is *gasp, breaking a vow to divorce* but I don't consider that a moral sin. Fucking someone outside of your marriage however is to me, a moral sin. OMG I have a moral. Sigh. It was bound to happen eventually eh. /end quote marieToo You really do need to read more slowly in a less angry state. marie, I wasn't angry at that point lol. i think if you read carefully you will see where you emphatically state that divorce is on par with cheating in terms of vow breaking. enough of this, i wont be continuing this thread. i wanted to clarify why you upset me on your last post. sorry for the length and lack o punctuation. oh jeez i hope i copied all of this correctly!
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