Oprah's Idiocy

Here's an interesting article titled: Questions to ask before you get married. Good God, you can completely tell that it was written by a woman who's mainly interested in changing her future husband to be into what she considers "the perfect man".

For example:

Question 4: What is our ultimate financial goal regarding annual income, and when do we anticipate achieving it? By what means and through what efforts?

Sweety, if YOU don't know when you plan on reaching 50k a year, 60k a year, then you really need to take a look at yourself before you marry someone. You should know yourself inside and out before you share your life with someone else.

Question 12: Is each of us happy with the other's approach to health? Does one have habits or tendencies that concern the other (e.g., smoking, excessive dieting, poor diet)?

See what I mean about changing someone?

Question 13: What place does the other's family play in our family life? How often do we visit or socialize together? If we have out-of-town relatives, will we ask them to visit us for extended periods? How often?

Question 14: If we have children, what kind of relationship do we hope our parents will have with their grandchildren? How much time will they spend together?

Yes, all three of the above questions are what women think about. However, do you honestly think that's what you should discuss before you get married? Besides, I think you ought to ask your parents that question rather then your future spouse.

Question 16: How will having a child change the way we live now? Will we want to take time off from work, or work a reduced schedule? For how long? Will we need to rethink who is responsible for housekeeping?

Why would you need to rethink who's responsible for housekeeping? A child is a huge responsibility, and there have been women and men throughout history who've managed being single parents and doing normal household stuff, so you can't tell me that would change significantly.

Here's questions I asked before I got married:

Were you born a woman? (don't laugh, it's important)

What are your plans for college (she was in college when I met her)?

Do you plan on asking me for something 10 times within 20 minutes if I don't answer you right away?

How much does your wedding ring cost? (I took her to a jewelry shop and told her she could have any ring in the place....yes I know....BIG $$$ mistake. :) )

The bottom line is, if you click with someone and want to get married, then feel free to do so (gay or hetero in my opinion), however if you put THAT much though into whether or not you want to get married to this person, then I think you should take a good hard look at yourself and wonder if you're high maintenance.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com