[Sr. Mints]

I wouldn't say theirs is a marriage born from insecurity, but I've observed several odd things I'm just going to go ahead and attribute to each of their own insecurities. This couple was married at a very young age, and of course I've wrote about them here.

Marriage: the ball and chain

To be honest, I haven’t entirely decided if this is a common phenomenon that I’ve been witness to, or an isolated case of the crazies. But it’s something that bothers me enough to write about. And it’s definitely how I’m vowing not to live my life.


In the summer of 2012, someone I know got married. He was 22 at the time, his wife 19. They have not been apart for than 30 seconds since.


Is that wrong? No. Unexpected? I guess not. But I have known the guy for his entire 22 years, and I know he can’t stand to be smothered. I’ve seen him end relationships at the first sign of clinginess on many different occasions. But I also know that he, to borrow a crude phrase, has no balls.


What do I mean by that? He ends relationships over Facebook or by texting because he can’t stand up to people. He has been duped into attending marketing events under the guise of job fairs, and has sat through them for 3 hours, pissed off, yet didn’t want to make a scene and walk out. This is the guy who will accept getting charged twice for an item at the grocery store, rather than point out the mistake to the cashier. The guy who drops out of university in his first week, but doesn’t officially drop out (he just stops going.)


I have no idea why he’s like this, but any effort I’ve made to point this out in hopes that maybe—just maybe—he doesn’t realize this is how he is, has been thrown in my face.


Anyway, back to my main topic. I fear they are now married because he couldn't say 'no.'


Read on . . .