[Leica] marriage

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

That's what my son is telling me.  He has been living with his girlfriend
for 7 years and they have just bought a house together!  When I ask about
marriage, they both say that every friend they have who has gotten married
has ended up divorced within a year or two.  They are actually afraid of
marriage.  What has happened?  Why is marriage a threat instead of a
promise?

Maybe we should move this to the Forum.

Tina

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Chris Crawford <
chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> The fact that you're a goodhearted woman who would never do that to your
> husband doesn't change the fact that you still have a license to steal if
> you wanted to. That wasn't such a concern for your generation, Tina. When
> you got married, people respected their marriage vows, and each other.
>
> The women of my generation simply do not have that belief. They get bored,
> they go screw someone else. Then they divorce the man and take most of
> what he has. More than half of marriages in my age group  fail within 5
> years, and 85% of divorces are filed by the women, not the men. When a
> female attorney tells me that men are idiots for marrying today, I see no
> reason why she would lie.
>
> Even my mother has told me that! She works with a lot of women who are my
> age and younger, and she has told me that she is absolutely mortified by
> their behaviour. She asked me recently why she keeps seeing young women
> ditching good men for worthless scum. She finally understood why so many
> decent men refuse to marry these days. Women can do what they want, its a
> free country, and I would certainly not want the government telling people
> who want to divorce that they cannot. At the same time, the laws are very
> unjust, and men have the freedom to refuse to participate. I have met some
> women who are good women, but they're all my mother's age.
>
> --
> Chris Crawford
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> 260-437-8990
>
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> On 5/30/12 5:59 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>
> >Whoa!  Sorry you guys have had a bad experience with marriage but maybe
> >you
> >just picked the wrong women!  I don't think my husband would say that
> >marriage is a license for women to steal.  We share everything.  Marriage
> >is wonderful when you choose the right partner.  We couldn't imagine life
> >without each other.  He is my other half and my best friend.
> >
> >Tina
> >
> >On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Chris Crawford <
> >chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> >
> >> You've learned an expensive lesson: Marriage is simply a license for
> >>women
> >> to steal. I've never, thank God, been married, but I've dealt with the
> >> family-law system a lot over the years because I have a 15 year old son.
> >> My attorney, who is a young woman, told me that any man who marries in
> >>the
> >> United States is as stupid as a chicken who would support Colonel
> >>Sanders.
> >> I've seen several friends with wives who cheated on them constantly,
> >>then
> >> left for another man, and the courts punished the husband for his wife's
> >> whoring by letting the ex-wife steal everything he owned. My attorney
> >>told
> >> me that men get zero benefit from marriage.
> >>
> >> I got custody of my son 4 yrs ago. His mother has never and will never
> >>pay
> >> a dime of child support. The state couldn't care less. I don't care, I
> >> don't need her money and am honestly happy that she leaves us alone (she
> >> rarely sees our son, she lost interest in him after having a new baby).
> >>My
> >> ex got NOTHNG I owned when she decided to leave for some loser 'badboy',
> >> because we were not married. All she got was child support during the
> >> years she had custody of him.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chris Crawford
> >> Fine Art Photography
> >> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> >> 260-437-8990
> >>
> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
> >>
> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
> >>
> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
> >> Become a fan on Facebook
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/30/12 3:07 PM, "Ken Iisaka" <ken at iisaka.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Going through a very acrimonious divorce process, I just received a
> >>demand
> >> >letter from my ex demanding all of my photographic equipment acquired
> >> >before the separation date. That includes numerous M bodies including
> >>an
> >> >M8, and a bunch of lenses including some spectacular lenses like
> >>Noctilux
> >> >and APO Summicron 90mm.
> >> >
> >> >Considering that she has previously claimed highly inflated values for
> >>my
> >> >equipment, I'm hoping that I would be able to get 50% of the value
> >>towards
> >> >a new set of equipment based on her valuation.
> >> >
> >> >Looking at what I use the most, I think I'd be very happy with a MM,
> >> >APO-Summicron 50mm for most of my work, and Olympus OM-D E-M5 with a
> >>few
> >> >lenses for color work. In the film days, I used Leica exclusively for
> >>BW,
> >> >and a Nikon for color. I look forward to these simpler days.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Ken Iisaka
> >> >first name at last name dot org or com
> >> >
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> >
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> >Tina Manley, ASMP
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