I'm Engaged

[kwajo]

Not an engineer! Don't do it!

Don't worry, it's all part of my plan to bring them down from the inside....

[DeuceWallaces]

Don't worry, it's all part of my plan to bring them down from the inside....

Ha, literally.

[ZeN]

my condolences.

[AtomSmasher]

congrats man.

you get your engagement gift in the mail yet?...starting to feel like it got lost in the mail.

ahe still going to let you come to pittsburgh in june?

[~primetime~]

Well, it's not that great of a story.

We were lying in bed, talking about how much we love each other, blah blah, blah. And I was like, "why don't we get married?". She's like "OMG, baby, yes, yes, yes".

Something like that.

Known her since I was 11. Went to school with her for years. Forgot about her in highschool... then looked her up on facebook last year, we hung out, we began dating, went thru a lot of rough times, but here we are. We know everything about each other. I can be my worst around her.

It's great.

this sounds like a mistake...

live together for a year first...see if you both still feel the same


don't mean to bring the thread down but this type of stuff is why marraige is a joke in this country...

[rufuspaul]

this sounds like a mistake...

live together for a year first...see if you both still feel the same


don't mean to bring the thread down but this type of stuff is why marraige is a joke in this country...

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/07/us...her-first.html

Couples who lived together before marrying have nearly an 80 percent higher divorce rate than those who did not and they seem to have less regard for the institution, according to a study of Swedish women by the National Bureau of Economic Research here.

[hayden695]

This is true, and it leads to many fun dinner conversations about stream morphology (my field) and fluid dynamics.

p.s. She's a huge NBA fan, we watch games together religiously - well at least the Raptors ones.

Does she have the same love for Rasho that you do?

And Catz, congratulations! Not that I can give any advice for anything, but good luck with it all.

[ihatetimthomas]

congrats catz

[~primetime~]

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/07/us...her-first.html

this is interesting...this survey was done in Sweden though...it also goes on to say this:

According to her research, the divorce rate among Americans who live together before marriage is no greater than among those who do not, she said.

I still would have thought it would be higher for those that don't live together though...


the only thing the article has to explain it is this:

''We felt that people who were living together more than three years, that they got married because of peer pressure,'' Mr. Bennett said.

I guess that kinda makes sense...they have just been living together so long that they kinda feel like they are obligated to get married when they really don't want to...

hmm...

interesting stuff for sure

[catzhernandez]

this sounds like a mistake...

live together for a year first...see if you both still feel the same


don't mean to bring the thread down but this type of stuff is why marraige is a joke in this country...

You're a lonely ****ing idiot. Perhaps ask if we live together before spewing your negativity out in my thread. We've lived together for 8 months now asshole.

[boozehound]

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/07/us...her-first.html

that shits in sweden. anecdotally, most of the marriages I know that are in shambles/ended are from younger people who got married so they could ****, or got married cause the chica was preggers.

[boozehound]

You're a lonely ****ing idiot. Perhaps ask if we live together before spewing your negativity out in my thread. We've lived together for 8 months now asshole.

hey, hes not lonely. hes got his strippers.

[DeuceWallaces]

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/07/us...her-first.html

Ha, ~primeidiot~ strikes again!

[~primetime~]

You're a lonely ****ing idiot. Perhaps ask if we live together before spewing your negativity out in my thread. We've lived together for 8 months now asshole.

sorry dude...lol

the way you posted made it seem like you just got ahold of her on FB and dated a few times...



here is the bad news, apparently if you have been living together first you are 80% more likely to get a divorce....

[AtomSmasher]

You guys planning to meet up in June? If I was going to make it down to check out some ghost shit and what not, June would be the best.

yeah man we're actually meeting in pittsburgh for a weekend along with deucewallaces, inspired lebowski, mlh, catz, and hopefully RedBlackAttack.

should be a good time, you should check it out