From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!mark Newsgroups: net.singles Title: Re: My attitude towards marriage Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2618 Posted: Thu Sep 9 17:15:35 1982 Received: Fri Sep 10 05:27:45 1982 References: ihuxv.305 Re: If one is not committed to God, then marriage indeed becomes a meaningless social rite, done only to please relatives, casually entered and exited. Meadow muffins! Marriage is what the two people make out of it, nothing more and nothing less. In my case it is a deep personal commitment *between my wife and myself*. It has nothing to do with God. Nothing to do with relatives either. And I feel that we have a particularly strong and healthy marriage. If you need God as a crutch to hold your marriage together, fine, whatever works for you. But don't assume everybody does.