Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The Eternal Question I Face.

In this past week (and God-only-knows-how-many-times-in-the-past-3-years), I've been asked not less than three times if I ever plan to get married again.

Umm. I don't know? Maybe?

This question, much like "when are you having kids?," is probably ranked right up there in the most annoying questions of all time. Here's why:

1. Getting married is not like buying a car. I can't just go out one day, find someone and say, "hey, what do you think about a quick trip to the courthouse?"

2. Getting married is not like ordering dinner. As much as there is on the menu, I do have to pick just one and hope like hell I like him. Oh, and you can't send him back to the kitchen if you don't like him. Divorce is much more expensive.

I suppose since I've done it once, I'm a little more gun-shy about fucking it up a second time.

So the answer will remain 'maybe' with the caveat of 'maybe not.'

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

So... when can your parents expect grandchildren?

C'mon... it HAD to be said...

Aleea said...

Oh for GOODNESS SAKES. Yes, I've heard that before, plenty.

And my response to my mother is: "Mom, all that takes is $20 and a good night at the bar and nine months later you'll have your grandkid." She generally pipes down after that.

Thank GOD Sister is getting married. She can bear the brunt of that nonsense.

Anonymous said...

$20? Sold!

Aleea said...

Liam: thanks. The $20 was for me to buy both our beers to ensure that a grandkid could be made. I think, perhaps, your wife would be a touch negative on this. Call me psychic ...