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laina89
Sep 19, 2011, 06:43 AM
Do you believe in love at first sight and when is OK for a person get married after being in a relationship

smoothy
Sep 19, 2011, 07:41 AM
Love at first sight is really lust at first sight.

They feel the same at first... but lust starts strong and gradually fades (always)... but love starts from nothing and eventually grows and can last a lifetime.

Lust can grow into love... but doesn't always. That's why I suggest dating at least 3 years before making any plans. You need at least that to get to know each other... at first everyone is always on their best behaviour... eventually everyone starts to be themselves, and that's when you see the true individual. That also takes time.

Most and I do mean MOST, people that jump into something of this magnitude too quickly... will regret it.

Besides, compared to a life together... whats 3 years to make sure you have what it takes first?

Ask a 20 year old if love at first sight is real... they will probibly in all seriousness say yes due to a lack of life experience. Ask them again at 40 or 50 and you will get hysterical laughter because they have learned enough about human nature to know its all self delusion to believe that. It takes a lot of life experience to be able to tell one from the other.

joypulv
Sep 19, 2011, 08:51 AM
It's OK to get married when you both know that you share the same PRACTICAL wishes and opinions about getting through daily life. That includes when to save, when to spend (ALL studies put money at the top of the list of problems). When to start having kids and how many, and how much money and time you will sacrifice for them. Where to live, and what careers, and who will work and who won't. I've even heard of couples who forgot to work out arrangements for the smoker when the other one assumed he/she would smoke outside! What a way to start.

Fr_Chuck
Sep 19, 2011, 10:27 AM
With about 60 percent of all marriages ( first marriage) ending in divorce, I guess honestly your odds are about as good from one month to one year, depending on how much you want to put into the relationship.
Communication, will you do marriage counseling if things get confussed.

talaniman
Sep 19, 2011, 10:32 AM
Its okay to get married when you have gone through the lust, and see if it still looks the same after reality, and life, have taken over the notions of fancy. It all feels good at first.

Lust fades, love grows.