[Geewiz]

Originally Posted by chachacha

Is there anyone out there, male or female, who is interested in marrying again someday? I am about to give up on even trying to meet someone because almost everyone I talk to thinks it is absolutely ok to just have sex without marriage and why complicate your life? I have been in an unhappy marriage and if that were my only frame of reference, perhaps I would feel that way, too. But I have also been in a wonderfully happy marriage which only ended because of death, and I would wish that everyone could be so fortunate as to have an experience like that. This is similar to my post on celibate singles, but with the added question as to whether modern dating even pretends to lead to courtship and marriage or just goes directly to sex, do not pass go, do not collect your $200! Am I the only single person who would like to have a traditional courtship and marriage? While gays are clamoring for the right to marry, it seems many heterosexuals do not appreciate the meaning of the union.

OK - for a good McCartney ticket consider us Gay lovers in Vermont...like Ellen and Portia....Rock and Sal Mineo....Oscar Wilde and Oscar Wilde. No sex....why should this be different than my 30 year marriage to Voldemort....