Keeping their options open. Ive had many conversations with people who have a long term relationship but they never married and they insist that it’s exactly the same ‘just without a piece of paper’.

No, it’s not.

That piece of paper isn’t the only thing that’s different. The difference is being 99% committed or 100% committed and it’s “only” 1% difference but that 1% is a huge difference.

100% committed means I’m not scared to marry you because I want to be with you the rest of my life. That means I’m here, I’m 100% for you and no one else no matter what happens. Not ‘til the feeling goes away’, not ‘til you dont turn me on anymore’, not ‘til someone else intrigues me more’, not 'til you dont look like you did when I met you, not ‘til you are more work that I thought you’d be’, not ‘til you get sick’, not ‘til we’re not having fun anymore’… I’m here TIL I DIE, come hell or high water, good times or bad. 100% committed.

And when you find that kind of commitment, a relationship finds its groove and you can start to relax and really enjoy life together. Because you know your spouse has no plans, no desire, not even any thought of going elsewhere. THAT’S what makes marriage and 100% commitment the most fulfilling and most satisfying relationship.

Thanks Im old enough and cranky enough to join in :)

(For you youngsters that :) is a smiling emoji made with a keyboard like we did back in the day before yer newfangled phones and such)

I always picture a lot of people who work behind keyboards in a ‘techish’ job as your average plumber isn’t taking time out of his day to jump on his phone to do a survey, but a bored programmer definitely would.

I was under the impression that lemmy and lemmy.ca were synonymous. And Canadian.

Yes it was a survey of lemmy not the entire fediverse.

Lol. Yeah I closed it. But declaring bankruptcy is more fun.

Mastercard refused to allow people to donate to Julian Assange. Blatant political interference.

I cut up my Mastercard.

Update: After reading the Collective Shout website, I completely changed my mind on what they’re doing. I donated to them. The stuff they are campaiging against, specifically the game No Mercy is disgusting, glorifying rape of your mother and sisters? Who the hell thinks thats a “game”? Sick.