Thread of Love v6.9

Postby **willeyeam** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:01 pm

Came across this paper while enroute to something productive:

‘A Diamond is Forever’ and Other Fairy Tales: The Relationship between Wedding Expenses and Marriage Duration

Abstract
In this paper, we evaluate the association between wedding spending and marriage duration using data from a survey of over 3,000 ever-married persons in the United States. Controlling for a number of demographic and relationship characteristics, we find evidence that marriage duration is inversely associated with spending on the engagement ring and wedding ceremony.
Those that spend more have a lesser chance of having a successful marriage. My guess is that men that opt to spend high on the ring are trying to convince their bride-to-be of something they're not sold on, and in the end it doesn't produce a solid partnership.

Put another way, a woman eager to accept a sub-$1,000 ring is a keeper.

My geologist gf pointed out that it's the quality of the rock, not the size when I sent her this. Sigh

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:16 am

My wife and I celebrate ten years of marriage tomorrow. Hard to believe it has been a decade already.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:12 am

Congrats!

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:15 am

My wife and I celebrate ten years of marriage tomorrow. Hard to believe it has been a decade already.

Nice! Doing anything special? Our 10th is coming up in September, but I've already wasted most of my vacation for the year. Thinking of a yinzerversary - stay downtown at a nice hotel for the weekend, take her to the Lion King musical, etc.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:23 am

Wrong, but close.

Get a motel. Bring champagne, coconut oil, and some dong pills if you need it. Check in, close the door, and tell her you aren't leaving this room until I say so. Pop the champagne, then make your leading export: business.

You're welcome.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:40 am

Wrong, but close.

Get a motel. Bring champagne, coconut oil, and some dong pills if you need it. Check in, close the door, and tell her you aren't leaving this room until I say so. Pop the champagne, then make your leading export: business.

You're welcome.

I may be at the age where I need a colonoscopy on the regular, but it doesn't mean I need pecker poppers.

And we're married, so a motel is not going to cut it.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:48 am

No worries, we're talking about going multiple rounds, that's why I suggested it...

And yeah, motel is because it's real filthy naughty...but hotel is perfectly acceptable too, of course...it's your dime.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:08 am

multiple rounds? again, we're married! going to a hotel may bump me from 1 to 2 rounds - if the campaign is good.

Postby **Jim** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:17 pm

... regrets checking out this thread...

Postby **Kane** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:19 pm

Wait til you check out the ailments thread.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:53 pm

Thanks for the responses guys. Probably just going out to a nice dinner...we do have an overnight planned up in New Hope, PA for a little later this summer.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:56 pm

Hope it goes well

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 1:05 pm

Boom. Appropriately named: https://goldenploughinn.com/

Postby **iamjs** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 4:26 pm

I'm almost afraid to ask if that link is work-safe.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:12 pm

Order of operations:
1. Fun
2. Safe

You decide.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:17 pm

The top of the page has a link for Groups.

Does that help, iamjs?

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 6:40 pm

That looks like a nice spot mikey...

Postby **dodint** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:53 pm

Was just watching a super cringey marriage proposal fail on reddit, and it got me thinking.

When you proposed, were you sure enough of the answer that you would be surpised if they had said no?

My wife was shocked by the timing of my proposal, but we both knew the answer long before I did it. I am not sure what people are thinking when it could realistically go either way.

Postby **grunthy** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:21 pm

Was just watching a super cringey marriage proposal fail on reddit, and it got me thinking.

When you proposed, were you sure enough of the answer that you would be surpised if they had said no?

My wife was shocked by the timing of my proposal, but we both knew the answer long before I did it. I am not sure what people are thinking when it could realistically go either way.

Proposed on a cruise. My wife knew we eventually were going to get engaged, she just didn’t know I had purchased the ring and would be proposing on the cruise. I would have been ridiculously surprised if she said no after we already discussed getting married for a while.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:39 pm

That's pretty much the same thing we had going; except it was at a lighthouse.

Postby **Beveridge** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:00 am

My wife told me she would know the day I would propose, and I still surprised her. And yes, would have been shocked at a no answer.

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:27 am

That's not something you go into without knowing the answer... my wife certainly knew it was coming. Didn't know when or how, but knew it was coming and was excited (as it should be).

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:04 am

Huh... just realized it's 7 years to the day since I popped the question.

Postby **Morkle** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:34 pm

If your partner isn't expecting to get married and answers with anything but a yes. There's a major communication problem that likely showed long before the question, and it was just ignored.

Postby **shmenguin** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:31 pm

We’ve had our first friend couple w/kids get divorced. Weird, wild stuff. Sobering, even.