[DayLightSun]

He was her baby's daddy. After 10 years she married him, but he didn't know that was the plan. rofl
Jerry !! rofl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7672722.stm

[snail]

How strange.

[DayLightSun]

At least she took the initiative...

[snail]

Yeah, but what if he had some kind of good reason for not having married her yet? It would have come out at an awkward time, forced by the unexpected situation. Couples ought to discuss major decisions and come to their conclusions together. It seems like it might be setting a bad pattern for the rest of the marriage if the first major decision is one partner impulsively deciding to have a wedding without the other partner even knowing. If they hadn't already been engaged for so long, I would have been a bit disturbed by it.

[NephilimAzrael]

What a bitch. Excuse the term, but she has him downtrodden. Fair enough for that, but the body language is just showing an imbalance between the respect and the message. His brow was continuously furrowing, his gaze kept whipping back to her as though concerned about making a mistake, and her hand was pressing down on his on the table. I don't care of them being together for 10 years and having two kids, she was not leaving it be. She just wanted the guy to be completely snared.

I am surprised you appreciate this form of behaviour daylightsun. I would have given her hell. If you think it has something to do with commitment in this regard, I would doubt it, the guy stuck by her for ten years, and she forces him into a full marriage. That is dreadful. I reckon if they divorce, then it would be interesting.

[DayLightSun]

What a bitch. Excuse the term, but she has him downtrodden. Fair enough for that, but the body language is just showing an imbalance between the respect and the message. His brow was continuously furrowing, his gaze kept whipping back to her as though concerned about making a mistake, and her hand was pressing down on his on the table. I don't care of them being together for 10 years and having two kids, she was not leaving it be. She just wanted the guy to be completely snared.

I am surprised you appreciate this form of behaviour daylightsun. I would have given her hell. If you think it has something to do with commitment in this regard, I would doubt it, the guy stuck by her for ten years, and she forces him into a full marriage. That is dreadful. I reckon if they divorce, then it would be interesting.

If a person is with another person for 10 years their married.
In the United States if you live with a person for 7 years its called a common law marriage. So according to American standards their married already all she did was make a party or made it official.
Geez... whats so wrong with marriage.
Many people would argue that he was dissing her and the children for 10 years prior for not recognizing their union.
If she is a Bitch then he should of thought of that before he started having children and staying for 10 years.
He is a grown man and can make decisions on his own he could of said No.

[DayLightSun]

Yeah, but what if he had some kind of good reason for not having married her yet? It would have come out at an awkward time, forced by the unexpected situation. Couples ought to discuss major decisions and come to their conclusions together. It seems like it might be setting a bad pattern for the rest of the marriage if the first major decision is one partner impulsively deciding to have a wedding without the other partner even knowing. If they hadn't already been engaged for so long, I would have been a bit disturbed by it.

I totally agree, I'm guessing that it was something that they kept putting off and she finally got fed up.

[snail]

It would be interesting if he were to retaliate by inviting the entire family to divorce court as a surprise for her.

[DayLightSun]

It would be interesting if he were to retaliate by inviting the entire family to divorce court as a surprise for her.

rofl that would be interesting.

[BeHope]

If a person is with another person for 10 years their married.
In the United States if you live with a person for 7 years its called a common law marriage. So according to American standards their married already all she did was make a party or made it official.
Geez... whats so wrong with marriage.
Many people would argue that he was dissing her and the children for 10 years prior for not recognizing their union.
If she is a Bitch then he should of thought of that before he started having children and staying for 10 years.
He is a grown man and can make decisions on his own he could of said No.

Common law marriage is recognized only in the following states:

Alabama
Colorado
District of Columbia
Georgia (if created before 1/1/97)
Idaho (if created before 1/1/96)
Iowa
Kansas
Montana
New Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only)
Ohio (if created before 10/10/91)
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania (if created before 1/1/05)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Utah


So basically if it happens in less than one third of the states it becomes a standard of the whole nation?