javaguru said:
She was a bitch...that's what wiminz without credentials making demands on their menz are...She was in control not on merit but on her opinion and piece of ass...she was wrong. I did a shitload of yardwork last weekend for my mom and SHE brought up the fact she brutalized my father and regretted some of the things she put him through.
Wow... then I misunderstood your previous posts. I'm sorry to hear that.
Now I can see why you have the feelings about marriage and commitment that you do. I can also understand why you don't want to see your mother happy with any other man now that your father has passed on.
You know Java, just because our parents' marriage was *that way* that doesn't mean that our marriages have to be that way too.
I won't say anything about my husband's parents' marriage as that is not my place but I will tell you that my parents had a marriage that sounds somewhat similar to your parents only my dad was an abusive prick. My mother was a harpy bitch but he was very verbally, emotionally and when we were little physically abusive to my mother so I am guessing her being a harpy bitch might have had something to do with it. Truth be told I have very little contact with either of my parents as it is detrimental to my emotional well-being. Neither my sister or I does anymore.
My first marriage wasn't too far off my parents' marriage.
My last marriage is NOTHING like that. We don't frolic through the daisies on a daily basis (who does?) but we don't EVER disrespect one another. We make mistakes, true. But there is NO WAY I would ever treat my Grump the way my mother treated my father for 2 reasons:
1. I don't like to be treated like shit, so I refuse to treat others that way.
2. If a man's behavior is such to warrant such treatment on my part, then why would I WANT him?
Couple peeps from elite where guests in my home for several days. It gets hard to *hide* who we really are after a few hours together, but when you are staying with someone it gets REAL EASY for the shit to hit the fan. I can tell you right now that needto, angel and spart will all tell you that they saw my husband and I disagree and go through some stress. There was no yelling, no screaming, no name-calling, no disrespecting, no abuse, no belittling. We always treat each other with kindness and respect, even when we are seething angry. We just retire to different rooms, or leave the premises and talk again when we are not upset. As for shit, yea we have seen plenty of it in the 2 years we've been together. Hell, we are just now getting *a tiny* taste of the honeymoon and even that is the calm before the storm as between the two of us we have 6 very angry, very damaged teens that have been STARVING for love and guidance. How pleasant you think our household is gonna be at any given moment? Even if our kids had the best lives so far it would still be a monumental task for any re-marriage to face... and yet my husband is committed and steadfast. I admit, I withdraw and give up on myself and life. Maybe more often than I should, but he remains unwavering.
I don't know if we will survive the next 10 years together. Hell, I don't know if we will survive the next ONE. But what I DO know is that as long as a couple LIKES, RESPECTS one another, have common life goals and are committed to those goals and one another then both of their lives are enhanced, as individuals and as a couple. Life can be scary and has ways of handing people lessons when and how they least would have expected. If a couple chooses one another for all the right reasons then what could be better than to face life knowing that no matter what, at least one other human being has your back?
(Notice not a mention of sex OR money.)
