If you guessed a wedding then maybe you can save yourself a pile of money from that New York wedding and the even more expensive divorce which comes two years later. (Washington Times: Cost of the average American wedding reaches record-breaking $35,329)
Note: within the article there's a note about a wedding in Manhattan costing about $78K. What a deal.
Although I find the cost of a wedding amusing, don't read that as any kind of jinx for the Raven and his festival in the Spring. My observation is Frasers marry for life or we don't; no-one in the family ever tried a second time. I know that tilts the detail of the story just a little bit but not enough to obviate the fact of it.
The Raven has been looking a long time for the right woman with whom he can build lots of love and make many babies and he's spoken of how he would like to bounce the little tykes on his knee. I've no doubt he knows what he is setting out to do and his vision is clear.
The Raven's story lives on its own and you're well aware a whole lot of people barely even get out of the gate with marriage before it dissolves, hopefully without attracting the attention of the gossip monkeys who write for tabloids but don't make much for doing it and will sell out your soul for small change.
We don't need a whole pile of negativity regarding marriage since the statistics tell it all and Americans suck at it, most likely due to the perception of transience in everything and that something better will arrive on the next train. That much is obvious and doesn't need a diatribe.
Much less obvious is those who do it right. Two of the six siblings made it to or near forty years of marriage and this following our parents going the whole distance with each other. It looks like those two will do the same thing. Some in the family sucked at marriage but that's not the point since the only drive in this article is toward those who were good at it.
Ed: none ever spent eighty grand on a wedding?
Nary a one, mate.
Ed: is the premise spending big bucks on a wedding is the surest way to doom it?
Well, the evidence does seem to go that way since celebrity weddings melt faster than ice castles in the Spring.
Maybe it's not necessary to have skydivers, circus elephants, and Shriners clown cars at a wedding. It's just a thought, you know, mates.
Note: within the article there's a note about a wedding in Manhattan costing about $78K. What a deal.
Although I find the cost of a wedding amusing, don't read that as any kind of jinx for the Raven and his festival in the Spring. My observation is Frasers marry for life or we don't; no-one in the family ever tried a second time. I know that tilts the detail of the story just a little bit but not enough to obviate the fact of it.
The Raven has been looking a long time for the right woman with whom he can build lots of love and make many babies and he's spoken of how he would like to bounce the little tykes on his knee. I've no doubt he knows what he is setting out to do and his vision is clear.
The Raven's story lives on its own and you're well aware a whole lot of people barely even get out of the gate with marriage before it dissolves, hopefully without attracting the attention of the gossip monkeys who write for tabloids but don't make much for doing it and will sell out your soul for small change.
We don't need a whole pile of negativity regarding marriage since the statistics tell it all and Americans suck at it, most likely due to the perception of transience in everything and that something better will arrive on the next train. That much is obvious and doesn't need a diatribe.
Much less obvious is those who do it right. Two of the six siblings made it to or near forty years of marriage and this following our parents going the whole distance with each other. It looks like those two will do the same thing. Some in the family sucked at marriage but that's not the point since the only drive in this article is toward those who were good at it.
Ed: none ever spent eighty grand on a wedding?
Nary a one, mate.
Ed: is the premise spending big bucks on a wedding is the surest way to doom it?
Well, the evidence does seem to go that way since celebrity weddings melt faster than ice castles in the Spring.
Maybe it's not necessary to have skydivers, circus elephants, and Shriners clown cars at a wedding. It's just a thought, you know, mates.
8 comments:
Forgot my first marriage So 4 of 6 divorced once.
It was easy to forget since it didnt even last a year
50% of the siblings ended up divorced.
About the average for American marriages
I was deliberately leaving out some parts but the focus is still on those who succeeded rather than those who did not. I have no idea how either of you did it but hat tip for going the distance.
The you decided to use those alternative facts that are becomimg so popular these days.
Because at my count only 1 of 6 siblings married for life.
And I was married twice.
So your observation is nit leaving out facts it totally ignores them. And you are normally a stickler for details.
If you continue that path I believe there is a future as a White Spokesman
What's your point, that trying to paint some members of the family as getting it right was the same as the White House snuffing Indians because they're in the way??
I'm well aware of divorces and did not include that due to the potential for embarrassment.
You cant say Frasers marry for life or not at all when only one did it right first try
my mistake two did
Well, I'm not all that choked-up about doing it since you see my reason! I really don't know what may be embarrassing so it sure as hell won't be me breaking any news.
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