Hey Troop, when're you gonna post the post to end all posts on the lovely Meghan?

Ok here is my second try.

"Man divorces wife minutes after wedding for refusing to get off her phone"

Via Gulf News:

“Following the marriage ceremony, the groom took his bride to the hotel where they had booked a room,” a relative said. “However, as soon as the bride was in the room, she kept using her mobile. Her groom tried to get closer with her and become more intimate, but he was shocked when she ignored him, not responding to his words and action. When he asked her about the reasons, she answered she was busy communicating with her friends who were congratulating her on her marriage on the mobile. The groom asked her to delay the messages, but she refused and became angry. When he asked her if her friends were more important than he was, the bride answered that they were,” the relative said, quoted by Saudi daily Al Watan on Tuesday.

Bad Ideas.......

"I will love you forever. In sickness and in health. For richer or for poorer. Because that is what marriage is all about."

"What Open Marriage Taught One Man About Feminism"

"When people ask how it started, I say this: We married young."

As I write this, my children are asleep in their room, Loretta Lynn is on the stereo, and my wife is out on a date with a man named Paulo. It’s her second date this week; her fourth this month so far. If it goes like the others, she’ll come home in the middle of the night, crawl into bed beside me, and tell me all about how she and Paulo had sex. I won’t explode with anger or seethe with resentment. I’ll tell her it’s a hot story and I’m glad she had fun. It’s hot because she’s excited, and I’m glad because I’m a feminist. (read more)

I'm skeptical. Do you think this is real?

Would-be College Safe Space Invader

Wherein I double down on my @seanhannity comments instead of apologizing https://t.co/MELckTD5gT

— Gavin McInnes (@Gavin_McInnes) May 20, 2015

"Liana Barrientos is charged with filing a fake instrument."

"A New York City woman is accused of marrying 10 times over an 11-year period without ever getting a divorce."

According to a criminal complaint, the 39-year-old woman allegedly obtained two of the marriage licenses in the Bronx. It says the others were obtained in Westchester County and Long Island. The first one allegedly was obtained in 1999.

Why get a divorce, if it's something so traumatic or whatever. I don't blame this woman for trying to avoid all that unnecessary unpleasantness ;)

Update: Liana Barrientos pleads not guilty in state court in the Bronx

Marriage Equality Means More than Meets the Eye

"The unnamed 18-year-old revealed in an interview with New York Magazine her romantic relationship of almost two years with her biological father after being estranged from him for 12 years."

In the interview, the girl also said the two also plan on having children.

"Everyone on my mom’s side of the family sees us as father and daughter," she told the magazine. "Those who know that he’s my dad, and that we are engaged, include my father’s parents (they can see we are happy together and they can’t wait for us to have babies — they treat us just like any other couple), the woman we live with, and my best friend."

After the wedding, the woman says they plan to move to New Jersey where adult incest is legal.

What do you say to something like this?

Blog Claim: "Why being nice to your husband should be your main priority in life"

"Here's the thing: even though I think Susan Patton is a media hungry nut who wants airtime so desperately she will say almost anything to create outrage, I actually agree with her on this. While I think it's ridiculous to go husband hunting in college (a time when I think men and women should be banging as many people as they feel like banging), I do agree that once you're married, you should respect and appreciate your husband. You should treat him like he's the best thing since the premiere of "Breaking Bad." You should smile at him and be pleasant to be around. You should apply rouge when you go out and pay attention to him and his needs. You should do that because (hopefully) you love him. And don't you want him to do the same for you? (Except the rouge part, unless you're into that sort of thing)."

"Not that this is easy to do; I have always found it hard and confusing to be both a feminist and happily married. Why? Because in a good marriage, where both parties are equally happy, no one is keeping score. Feminists emphasize equality of roles, but in a real life marriage, this isn't always realistic. Sometimes, you're going to be doing more of the housework. Sometimes, you're going to have to back down and be less equal. And sometimes, he will have to do the same." (read more)

Via Intapundit

In the comments...

theophany

"I have always found it hard and confusing to be both a feminist and happily married. Why?" Because latter waves of feminism demonize men as incipient rapists and demonize marriage as institutionalized oppression, and to the extent that you feel happy in your marriage you must, in your unquestioning feminist psyche, feel abused. Welcome to the world of cognitive dissonance.

NPR: How To Marry The Right Girl, A Mathematical Solution

"Imagine that you are interviewing 20 people to be your secretary [or your spouse or your garage mechanic] with the rule that you must decide at the end of each interview whether or not to give that applicant the job." If you offer the job to somebody, game's up. You can't go on and meet the others. "If you haven't chosen anyone by the time you see the last candidate, you must offer the job to her," Alex writes (not assuming that all secretaries are female — he's just adapting the attitudes of the early '60s).

So remember: At the end of each interview, you either make an offer or you move on.

If you don't make an offer, no going back. Once you make an offer, the game stops.

According to Martin Gardner, who in 1960 described the formula (partly worked out earlier by others), the best way to proceed is to interview (or date) the first 36.8 percent of the candidates. Don't hire (or marry) any of them, but as soon as you meet a candidate who's better than the best of that first group — that's the one you choose! Yes, the Very Best Candidate might show up in that first 36.8 percent — in which case you'll be stuck with second best, but still, if you like favorable odds, this is the best way to go.

Why 36.8 percent? The answer involves a number mathematicians call "e" – which, reduced to a fraction 1/e = 0.368 or 36.8 percent. For the specific details, check here, or Alex's book, but apparently this formula has proved itself over and over in all kinds of controlled situations. While it doesn't guarantee happiness or satisfaction, it does give you a 36.8 percent chance — which, in a field of 11 possible wives — is a pretty good success rate.

Also see Freeman Hunt's "Frank Advice for a Male Relative on Finding a Mate" Good Luck... and don't call me Frank ;)

10-year marriage contracts

It works like this: On the onset of the marriage the parties lay out the goals of the relationship. A prenup, but more. Decide the financial terms during the marriage, as well as how money will be dealt with should it end. Same with kids. But more than that, the contract establishes broad goals for the marriage itself: Is it for companionship? A passionate love? To bring children into the world? Build financial equity or a business?

Then, when the marriage nears year No. 9, the parties are forced to make a decision. Do they decide — amicably — that the marriage has run its course? If so, the contract has paved a path for a low-animosity split (thanks to the prenup), and the possibility for celebrating a partnership that was successful while it lasted.

Or, the couple decides to sign another 10-year contract, but with changes. Study after study find that a lack of communication is the No. 1 reason people divorce. A forced conversation about the future of a marriage can only be good for any relationship. Gone will be the days of the couch potato marriage, where everyone simply waits out the clock without actually working on the relationship.

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