According to Fox News, "'Til death do us part' is dying out":
Vows like "For as long as we continue to love each other," "For as long as our love shall last" and "Until our time together is over" are increasingly replacing the traditional to-the-grave vow.
Consequently, the folks at Absinthe and Cookies are having fun with postmodern avowals, such as these from commenter Jack Deth:
For Men: "Until the first time I walk into damp, drying pantyhose."
For Women: "Until the first time you leave the toilet seat up."
Oh, and props to anyone who gets the "Jack Deth" reference.
H/t Michelle Malkin
I've come to believe that 'True Love' cant survive the pressures and temptations of 21st century life; that's its the sole domain of the dreamer and the poet. And these business agreements masquerading as marriage vows are just offensive. Why bother ?
Posted by: Jake | July 24, 2005 at 09:35 AM
I think part of the problem is that people have confused loving with being "in love." True love isn't something you feel every minute of the day, it's something you do whether you like it or not.
Posted by: gail | July 24, 2005 at 10:01 AM
Oh, the rants I've written in this little space.
Posted by: Ana | July 24, 2005 at 10:36 AM
"....Until the first time I meet your hot cousin."
Posted by: CraigC | July 24, 2005 at 10:39 AM
"...until I feel like you're crowding my space."
Posted by: CraigC | July 24, 2005 at 10:41 AM
...until youre not watching.
Posted by: Jake | July 24, 2005 at 11:12 AM
hahahaha I dont recall any 'True Love' relationships lasting long enough for me to fall out of 'In Love'... But I've tended to find myself in a lot of 'Open' relationships... hahaha my significant others just forgot to let me know it was that kind of relationship.
Posted by: Jake | July 24, 2005 at 11:17 AM
[Her vow..]
...until I meet a guy that drives a BMW or a Mercedes or has his own plane or his own company or works in a "profession" or is good looking or is a pro athlete or a gangster or male underwear model or that speaks a foreign language or is on TV or who abuses me.. but until then I'll be 100% loyal.
Posted by: Jake | July 24, 2005 at 11:24 AM
We've been married 27 years and were "together" for about three years before that, so it is indeed possible for a marriage to outlive a crush.
Posted by: gail | July 24, 2005 at 11:42 AM
Gail, we've only got 15 yrs under our belt, but I agree with you. I've always thought our culture has become so saturated with sex - and the hot /torrid love affair, people expect their whole life to be like that. Undervalued is longevity of relationships - building family and/or memories. A shared history, etc.
Posted by: Carin | July 24, 2005 at 04:39 PM
I would find those type of vows unbelievably tacky if I were invited to a wedding and heard them out of the blue. I'd be angry as a guest. You expect a gift and a full day of my time for that? Your family, friends and I should gather here to gawk at an enormous spectacle in which you publicly do not commit to each other? How shallow and petty.
Posted by: SeanH | July 24, 2005 at 06:30 PM
Why get married at all if you're going to do such a half-assed job of it?
Posted by: gail | July 24, 2005 at 07:14 PM
One should put their whole ass into marriage. Not just a piece of ass. Although if someone marries a piece of ass and it doesn't work out, well, they had it coming.
Posted by: Ana | July 24, 2005 at 07:49 PM
funny, rto and i had the old "so would you run off with ______ if he showed up?" because i was drooling over brit hume. hee hee. i refused to waste time answering hypothetical questions.
Posted by: maggie katzen | July 25, 2005 at 12:21 AM
The spouse and I dated for 7 years and have been married 6. I'm pretty sure we had killed off marring for "infatuation, lust or being in love" long before the nuptials. True love comes from putting the other persons best interests ahead of yours consistantly because you choose to do it. Love is what makes me ask her if she wants a drink of water when I'm comfortably warm in bed. Love makes me get up with that sick kids at night so she can sleep, of course the insomnia helps. Love is what makes me never allow her to put gas in the car, take out the trash, fix anything in the house or put the grumpy 2 year old to bed. And most importantly, love is why I never do anything that gives her a reason to worry or me a chance to wander. It's a choice made daily, that I would make, even if she didn't because I swore to it in front of my family, her family, her and God that we would be married until, and this was in our vows, "I layed her body in the earth and her soul at the feet of Jesus."
The world may turn there nose up at that, but I couldn't care less and pity them if they do.
Posted by: Rob B | July 25, 2005 at 12:43 AM
Rob is good stuff. Bravo Rob.
Posted by: Ana | July 25, 2005 at 05:10 AM
Good man, Rob.
Posted by: gail | July 25, 2005 at 07:03 AM