[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by wretched34

If the process to get married, was as painstaking as the process to get divorced, I think there would be a lot less divorce.
It'd really make people think twice about getting married.

For example, I got married. Getting my marriage license took 15 minutes, at a registry, we were then free to get married. Less than a year later, it fell apart.
It has taken longer to get divorced, then it did to get engaged, plan a wedding, and our entire marriage combined. The Government has no issue with people getting married, but when it comes to splitting, they like to stick their nose in it, and act as if they're saying "Are you sure? Is this what you really want?" If the divorce is a bigger mistake than the marriage, we'll take the 15 minutes at the registry again, to fix things.

It's a ridiculous process, and can be very costly. I guess what I'm getting at, is if the government feels the need to stick their noses in a decision like this, it should be at both ends of the spectrum, not just one.

in the lead-up to our wedding, Mrs. Puppet read somewhere that the majority of couples spend over 200 hours planning/discussing the wedding, but averaged about 2 hours planning/discussing the marriage. There's a sure sign that priorities are completely mixed up.