Comic Emily Hartridge tells us marriage is hell (and dances in her pajamas).
About Gint Aras
Gint Aras (Karolis Gintaras Zukauskas) has been trapped on planet earth since 1973. He’s the award winning author of the memoir, "Relief by Execution: A Visit to Mauthausen,” (Homebound, 2019) and the novels “The Fugue” (Tortoise, 2016) and “Finding the Moon in Sugar” (Infinity, 2009). He splits his time between Klaipėda, Lithuania and Chicago, Illinois. Check out his website: Liquid Ink.
I used to think like Chris Anthony, except my rant went a little different (I put more emphasis on the fact that we have to pay 3 months salary to buy a ring for a woman that we will then have to support). I’ve softened my stance because what we all hate is the “traditional marriage”. I’m now more open to marriage, but only on equal terms. It’s pretty evident that traditional marriage (as well as traditional divorce) leaves a lot to be desired by men and women alike. I think we still need to re-invent marriage just as much… Read more »
I see the benefits of marriage for women, financial support, limited fertility window, legal advantage in case of divorce. Personal security. Someone to move furniture, basic domestic and auto maintenance. Company, etc. But whats in it for me? I have to make more money to buy a bigger house, buy and insure multiple vehicles and health insurance policies, ask permission to make basic decisions, prostrate myself before Gloria Allred style feminist opinions so common in modern women. I can see why a man historically would want to marry (access to sex, nurturing role of women, Patriarchal domestic structure, traditional family… Read more »
Well I kinda feel the same way about men sometimes — I like my independence and don’t really want ti be a man’s caretaker. I see a lot of marriages where the husband is kind of like a big child. He expects his wife to be his mother. Actually, a lot of marriages look depressing to me.
“I have to make more money to buy a bigger house, buy and insure multiple vehicles and health insurance policies, ask permission to make basic decisions, prostrate myself before Gloria Allred style feminist opinions so common in modern women” I don’t know who Gloria Allred is, but I consider myself a feminist and as such I would not expect my future husband to do any of these things. I am financially secure, I take care of my own vehicle and insurance, and I would never want my husband to “ask permission” for any basic decisions, seeing as how he is… Read more »