I know propaganda when I see it. I get to study the best.
And Ken, while I agree with almost everything you posted in this thread and disagree with almost everything that Ben has posted (no surprise)
I am not completely in agreement that committed living together is the same as marriage. I been both. A few committed and one marriage.
While ending a committed arrangement can be messy, I divorce is messier because of the legal aspects.
All relationships have ups and downs, and I think the messier aspect of divorce made me stick it out through one really tough time. BUT I can't say that for sure.
It probably shouldn't make a difference. The committed arrangement that I terminated would have been terminated regardless of whether we were married. And my last committed relationship turned into marriage. (over 25 years and counting)
So while I think they're very close, I think there's a slight difference.
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