I Believe Marriage Is More Than a Piece of Paper

A man attends a very joyous 50th wedding anniversary. When he asks the wife, how did she manage to stay happily married to the same man for so many years, she replies,

"Oh! You are mistaken! This is my fifth husband!" After the look of initial shock and confusion she explained, "No one ever stays the same in marriage. My husband has become a new man five times. He is not the boy I married, and I am not the girl he married."

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ProfessorClitinrub · 100+, M

They also say the person you marry is not the person you divorce.

Marriage, in the eyes of the law, IS a piece of paper. It's a business contract. Love, religion and procreation have nothing to do with the legalities of marriage.

You're talking about a long term relationship. Those aren't confined to a piece of paper. And the woman in this story has that figured out.

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SW-User

@Dreammmer: Yes, I understand that. I'm just saying that in the Biblical sense, the government really can't define...or redefine, marriage because it is not their institution -it's God's. However, I understand that we are a society of laws and regulations and therefore that piece of paper DOES mean something.

Dreammmer · 56-60, M

@Lakesidepoet: Indeed. I fully agree with you.

malizz · 70-79, M

If you see it through the eyes of the law, that is how you see it. The responses show that there are other ways of viewing the matter.

limefairy · 46-50, F

My parents have just celebrated 49 years of marriage and they certainly have changed over the years.

Dreammmer · 56-60, M

@limefairy: That is how it should be and the changes are owed to the other too to some extent. Thanks

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