On Tue, March 27, 2007 12:04 am, Karl Cunningham wrote: > I completely disagree. Business relationships != personal relationships. > Business relationships are built on legal documents that stipulate the > requirements of each party. Personal relationships are built on the > trust that develops slowly with time as people contribute more and more > emotional investment.
Yes I agree that marriage not a business agreement. > I wouldn't mind a bit if someone wanted a relationship with my > daughter and didn't believe in marriage. I'm really on the fence myself. > I am married, but I see little value in the formal, legal aspect of it; > the part one enters into when you sign the documents. I see tremendous > value in the emotional part of it, but I call that a relationship and > not marriage. I think we mean different things by 'marriage'. When I mean marriage I mean a commitment to a person. The legal paperwork is just a formality. I'm trying to think of a hypothetical where someone would sincerely be willing to make a committment to your daughter but wouldn't believe in the legal paperwork but I can't. Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
