March 06, 2003

Marriage

Does marriage mean anything to anybody anymore?

A series of things have led me to believe that the answer is a resounding 'no':

• The damn 'Married by America' show.
• My memory of 2 other shows like it.
• A serious list of things you should do to protect your man and keep him from cheating that was on the radio this morning (number 8: Put a picture of you and some of your underwear in his suitcase on long business trips. Number 9, in my opinion, should have been: Marry a man.)

In the movie Mi Familia one of the characters would rather return to her home country and face certain death from the government than have a fake marriage to a citizen in order to stay and live. Why? Because there are some things in life that are more important to you than your life, and to some people the sacred nature of marriage is one of those things.

In other words, fuck all y'all.

March 6, 2003 06:45 AM