Almost married twice. I guess women hate me. I had an ex for a little over ten years and that was great while it lasted, i thought we would be together forever, well that was my plan. After that I was single for a long time and then almost after a year I was engaged recently but that didn't work out.... O well. Had it worked out I would be getting married in December because that is what she wanted, but I prefer the Spring. LOL
I just want to say. Congrats to all of you whom have successful relationships, and partners that are understanding and/or can pick up and move with ease. I'm jealous beyond belief.
I just want to say. Congrats to all of you whom have successful relationships, and partners that are understanding and/or can pick up and move with ease. I'm jealous beyond belief.
Welcome back Ben! Emily and I will be married 6 years in December. We are expecting our second child (another girl). I just finished up my masters and still work in the IT department at our local university. I hope to get the opportunity to teach some courses in the future. Emily also works at the university still.
My wife has always been very supportive of my career aspirations. Now that school is out of the way, I'm hoping to pick up where I left off some years ago. Time sure ain't what it was...that's a fact.
Been with my gal about 4 years now, not married talk about it a bit. She is a massage therapist, and games from time to time usually kicking my ass in Puzzle Quest. Quite supportive of my path of choice except when it turns into hours upon hours of gameplay testing hah.
Been Married for a little over a year, was together for about 3 years before that. She completely supports my career and digs it and understands the work it involves.
We have a girl on the way in December with a dog and cat.
She manages a Pilates Studio and was doing website and graphic design previously, but she has ADD so she does anything that is shiny. Love her to death and we play WII sports sometimes or Texas Hold Em. She played through Paper Mario but nothing since. She thinks my 360 headset is geeky and loves to shout rude things to other players when im on Xbox Live.
Ugh. 39 years old, never married, and I broke up with my then girlfriend about seven months ago. Was almost married once, then she cheated on me and ran off to become a stripper. Last I heard, she was living in a tent in the Arizona desert with her "soul mate" and they were all hippy and shit. Seriously!
What, the only two options are conformity and loneliness? pfffft.
Girlfriend and me have been together for almost 9 years now.
I was fortunate enough that she wanted to move to Amsterdam with me, although it'd be neat if we could stay in one city for a bit, so she could build up her career a bit!
Marriage is gay. Gay marriage is alright though, I suppose.
I've been married for a year now and we've been together for 10 years in all. My wife's not really into games (she'll play stuff on DS) but we have a lot of shared interests and a very similar (juvenile) sense of humour, which is very important! She's always been very supportive and encouraging of my artwork and my career and manages to appear genuinely interested whenever I explain that I've had an awesome idea to design a flying tank/zombie hedgehog/steam-powered milkman etc.
No kids yet, but we do have a cat that we will be saying goodbye to before we jet off to LA...
Been married for a year and a half. We are expecting our first child next month. She understands everything about me, from my games to my art and is super supportive.
Have a girlfriend and been with her for more than two years. Still having fun together and she really likes what I am doing. She really likes designing, decorating stuff - interiors, bracelets, earrings etc. Infact she asked me to teach her max. It can't get better than that!
And she is a gamer too. Loves and I mean LOVES Gears Of War series. Scared as hell when playing, but still continuing going into those dungeons. Really fun to watch her play.
Thinking and joking about weddings too, but still a bit too early. Have to get other stuff organised first.
Now both in the process of relocating to UK. We just wanted to see, live in different country for few years, while there are no big responsibilities (kids etc). Looking for work btw :P
Yup. I've been married for a year and a few months now. Met her swing dancing. She's amazing. Supportive until the end. We do many things together including games like WoW. She's not too into FPS's. No kids yet, but we've got a two year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi that we love to death.
Been with my biatch for 9 years now and just got married about a little over a year ago. No kids, just a dog that snores, burps and farts louder then I can...such a showoff. My wife is a dental hygienist and hooks me up with free tooth brushes and tooth paste all the time...it's awesome. We pretty much support each other in everything we do....she even let me test my potato gun out on her. She's the bestest!
I'm fervently against all relationships beyond friends. I can't fully explain how horrifically wrong everything goes when more than friendship is involved. That's just how the cookie crumbles for this sucker MC.
With by bf for 2 years living with him for over 1, would be married but I decided it would be better to live without domestic rights and such... I kid, if it wasn't for that damned prop 8 >.<
Not that you were ever overweight...but sheesh, Ben...have you only been eating snow since you moved? BTW, nice dinosaur.
Just lifting, lots of bicycling, and better eating habits. I weight 78 kg now (172 freedom pound units) and when we last hung out, I was probably closer to 85-90.
With by bf for 2 years living with him for over 1, would be married but I decided it would be better to live without domestic rights and such... I kid, if it wasn't for that damned prop 8 >.<
Couldn't you just get married outside of California?
Couldn't you just get married outside of California?
It's also about the states recognizing other state's marriages. DOMA ("Defense" of marriage act) gives states the right to completely ignore other state's marriages when it comes to same sex marriages. Massachusetts is challenging it at the supreme court level, and Obama *had* promised to repeal that during his campaign, but he's since scrubbed the pledge from his website, and isn't doing anything about it.
Iceland has a pretty good solution where they are just going to make marriage licenses gender-neutral. Name + Name
Couldn't you just get married outside of California?
what? and loose my right to bitch?
hehe, if I really wanted to yeah, but the rights don't follow you back. We'd have to move which is our plan. Head to Portland after I finish school and build up some industry experience, not just because of the domestic partnership thing but figured it would be cool if I could get into a studio there, or open one up. He's from there, and I've always dug it up there.
I may bitch but that's because I like to. I'll be fine until then, I keep my perspective, at least no ones charging me with pointy sticks ;P . But in the end screw the ceremony, I just want visitation rights in the hospital.
It's also about the states recognizing other state's marriages. DOMA ("Defense" of marriage act) gives states the right to completely ignore other state's marriages when it comes to same sex marriages. Massachusetts is challenging it at the supreme court level, and Obama *had* promised to repeal that during his campaign, but he's since scrubbed the pledge from his website, and isn't doing anything about it.
Iceland has a pretty good solution where they are just going to make marriage licenses gender-neutral. Name + Name
wow, that really lame. :S
Bloomin' shady politician types...
In the UK anyone can marry anyone, they just call same sex marrages "Civil Partnerships" and it seems to work ok, from what i know.
Iceland is a really nice county BTW :P
I have visited twice over the past couple of years...the Blue Lagoon is awesome
Didn't get to see the Northern Lights though...just to damn cloudy :S
hehe, if I really wanted to yeah, but the rights don't follow you back. We'd have to move which is our plan. Head to Portland after I finish school and build up some industry experience, not just because of the domestic partnership thing but figured it would be cool if I could get into a studio there, or open one up. He's from there, and I've always dug it up there.
I may bitch but that's because I like to. I'll be fine until then, I keep my perspective, at least no ones charging me with pointy sticks ;P . But in the end screw the ceremony, I just want visitation rights in the hospital.
Go for it mate, sounds like a plan!:D
I really hope that everything works out for you both...sooner the better TBH.
Life is to short for all this BS.
wow, that really lame. :S
Bloomin' shady politician types...
In the UK anyone can marry anyone, they just call same sex marrages "Civil Partnerships" and it seems to work ok, from what i know.
Yeah, the US doesn't have that great a history with the whole, "Separate but Equal" thing...
Yeah, the US doesn't have that great a history with the whole, "Separate but Equal" thing...
No kidding. For a place so verbose about "freedom and equality" we seem to fail rather epically every chance we get to actually promote those concepts.
Now if some nation will just make the licencing gender neutral and have some provision for more than two names per document, or more than one document per individual (without having to change religions in the process), then we'll be really set.
Yea the whole defense of marriage thing is completely stupid. The state I live in just passed a law that enabled "civil unions" to be recognized in very specific cases. It was a very tiny step forward, and even that is being fought.
It's just a bunch of uppity religious folks who are probably closet dwellers themselves. "Freedom for MY speech, equality for everyone that agrees with ME, freedom from persecution when I get caught with kiddie porn, everyone else can just go to hell."
No one is forcing their churches to recognize civil unions, if they want to pass rules in their closed minded circles that's cool. Please post signs around the water fountains so everyone is aware what kind of people they are.
How would homosexuals getting married affect anyone in the USA? it really wouldn't besides them getting the rights they should as a couple. I've heard horror stories of gay couples that have been together 10+ years, adopted kids, etc, and one of them gets sick and the other persons health care wont cover them, or one of them dies, and his parents take the house.
How would homosexuals getting married affect anyone in the USA? it really wouldn't besides them getting the rights they should as a couple. I've heard horror stories of gay couples that have been together 10+ years, adopted kids, etc, and one of them gets sick and the other persons health care wont cover them, or one of them dies, and his parents take the house.
Two men have been together for 25 years. One of them buys a house in his name, and they both live there and pay on it, but it's only in the original one's name. They raise a child together, and live there. They both pay on the house, renovate it, and it's their home. The owner is estranged from his parents, who disowned him when he came out to them. They paid a lawyer to construct a legal will so that the house will go to the partner in the case of his death, however they forgot one of the two necessary witness signatures. The owner dies, and the judge awards the house to his parents who have been completely absent from his life for over 30 years, and the spouse who'd been with him for 25 years in that house is now homeless and has to raise the child alone and without the house he'd paid into and lived in for 25 years.
None of this could happen if they'd been allowed to legally marry. It would fall immediately to the living spouse with no legal paperwork necessary.
There are over 1,000 legal rights that marriage carries in the US that civil unions do not. Including tax free transfer of assets upon death, mutual adoption, end of life care decisions, and many others.
I'm so glad to live in a country with modern civil rights that recognizes my marriage.
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I've been with my man for almost a year (sept 9th we think).
But...I've only known you for 4 years
when you're ready, i'm here waiting for you.
My wife has always been very supportive of my career aspirations. Now that school is out of the way, I'm hoping to pick up where I left off some years ago. Time sure ain't what it was...that's a fact.
We have a girl on the way in December with a dog and cat.
She manages a Pilates Studio and was doing website and graphic design previously, but she has ADD so she does anything that is shiny. Love her to death and we play WII sports sometimes or Texas Hold Em. She played through Paper Mario but nothing since. She thinks my 360 headset is geeky and loves to shout rude things to other players when im on Xbox Live.
Congrats Ben!
I wish I knew how to quit you..
Not one...
but TWO others! And some people say we can't multiply.
Girlfriend and me have been together for almost 9 years now.
I was fortunate enough that she wanted to move to Amsterdam with me, although it'd be neat if we could stay in one city for a bit, so she could build up her career a bit!
Marriage is gay. Gay marriage is alright though, I suppose.
But you can have half of the prize if i do win something
I demand pics.
No kids yet, but we do have a cat that we will be saying goodbye to before we jet off to LA...
how violent.
I believe good sir, that prize belongs to your Father.
I also demand pics.
:P
And she is a gamer too. Loves and I mean LOVES Gears Of War series. Scared as hell when playing, but still continuing going into those dungeons. Really fun to watch her play.
Thinking and joking about weddings too, but still a bit too early. Have to get other stuff organised first.
Now both in the process of relocating to UK. We just wanted to see, live in different country for few years, while there are no big responsibilities (kids etc). Looking for work btw
I like pooooop!
Hooking up with goons while married, how shocking!
Lol, if you'd read all of the exact post that photo is from, you'd know that, yes he does know about this awesome project.
But that's really kind of off topic, don't you think?
Just lifting, lots of bicycling, and better eating habits. I weight 78 kg now (172 freedom pound units) and when we last hung out, I was probably closer to 85-90.
It's also about the states recognizing other state's marriages. DOMA ("Defense" of marriage act) gives states the right to completely ignore other state's marriages when it comes to same sex marriages. Massachusetts is challenging it at the supreme court level, and Obama *had* promised to repeal that during his campaign, but he's since scrubbed the pledge from his website, and isn't doing anything about it.
Iceland has a pretty good solution where they are just going to make marriage licenses gender-neutral. Name + Name
what? and loose my right to bitch?
hehe, if I really wanted to yeah, but the rights don't follow you back. We'd have to move which is our plan. Head to Portland after I finish school and build up some industry experience, not just because of the domestic partnership thing but figured it would be cool if I could get into a studio there, or open one up. He's from there, and I've always dug it up there.
I may bitch but that's because I like to. I'll be fine until then, I keep my perspective, at least no ones charging me with pointy sticks ;P . But in the end screw the ceremony, I just want visitation rights in the hospital.
heh, I know it's not icelandic but next closest gender-based language I know >.>
edit: couldn't delete this one to streamline it with the other >.<
wow, that really lame. :S
Bloomin' shady politician types...
In the UK anyone can marry anyone, they just call same sex marrages "Civil Partnerships" and it seems to work ok, from what i know.
Iceland is a really nice county BTW :P
I have visited twice over the past couple of years...the Blue Lagoon is awesome
Didn't get to see the Northern Lights though...just to damn cloudy :S
Go for it mate, sounds like a plan!:D
I really hope that everything works out for you both...sooner the better TBH.
Life is to short for all this BS.
Yeah, the US doesn't have that great a history with the whole, "Separate but Equal" thing...
I'd say 22 two years attached to your arm is marriage.
No kidding. For a place so verbose about "freedom and equality" we seem to fail rather epically every chance we get to actually promote those concepts.
Now if some nation will just make the licencing gender neutral and have some provision for more than two names per document, or more than one document per individual (without having to change religions in the process), then we'll be really set.
It's just a bunch of uppity religious folks who are probably closet dwellers themselves. "Freedom for MY speech, equality for everyone that agrees with ME, freedom from persecution when I get caught with kiddie porn, everyone else can just go to hell."
No one is forcing their churches to recognize civil unions, if they want to pass rules in their closed minded circles that's cool. Please post signs around the water fountains so everyone is aware what kind of people they are.
Here's a article on this very subject.
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-08-26/news/are-gays-too-late-to-destroy-marriage/
Two men have been together for 25 years. One of them buys a house in his name, and they both live there and pay on it, but it's only in the original one's name. They raise a child together, and live there. They both pay on the house, renovate it, and it's their home. The owner is estranged from his parents, who disowned him when he came out to them. They paid a lawyer to construct a legal will so that the house will go to the partner in the case of his death, however they forgot one of the two necessary witness signatures. The owner dies, and the judge awards the house to his parents who have been completely absent from his life for over 30 years, and the spouse who'd been with him for 25 years in that house is now homeless and has to raise the child alone and without the house he'd paid into and lived in for 25 years.
None of this could happen if they'd been allowed to legally marry. It would fall immediately to the living spouse with no legal paperwork necessary.
There are over 1,000 legal rights that marriage carries in the US that civil unions do not. Including tax free transfer of assets upon death, mutual adoption, end of life care decisions, and many others.
I'm so glad to live in a country with modern civil rights that recognizes my marriage.