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Originally Posted by Katipan
Yeah making people jealous is super high on my list of priorities now, I can only imagine that will gain as I get older and closer to dead.
Not to mention I expect you to just give off the aura that you would kill for me. The ring is unnecessary unless it unlocks your gun.
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I'll say this, and it's advice I'll at least give to my son and probably my daughters as well.
If something is important,
act like it.
I've only known a few people who have gotten divorced in my circle of friends/family (I mean, excluding my parents and then my dad again), but to a person they did some chintzy wedding or got married at the courthouse.
If your marriage is disposable, sure - treat the wedding like it is. But if it's serious, treat it like it's serious. This goes for any event. I won't go to church without at least a jacket and damn sure won't do weddings or funerals without a suit, even if I'm not in them.
Now I do agree that things have gotten excessive in a lot of ways. But it was important to me that I make a sacrifice to get that ring. I ended up having to wait another 6-7 years to get a motorcycle because the money I'd have spent on it, I spent on her ring instead. I could've spent a couple hundred bucks and still been married, but again - if it's important,
act like it.
I also understand people that think that's a load of shit. But I'm betting more of them end up divorced than people that look at it like I do. Put some skin in the game or how serious about this are you, really? And if you're not serious enough to make a sacrifice, you probably shouldn't be getting married.