A match made in, uh, heaven
Glamorous Bavarian wants law to allow 7-year itch
Bavaria’s most glamorous politician — a flame-haired motorcyclist who helped bring down state premier Edmund Stoiber — has shocked the Catholic state in Germany by suggesting marriage should last just 7 years.
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She told reporters at the launch of her campaign manifesto Wednesday she wanted marriage to expire after seven years and accused the CSU, which promotes traditional family values, of nurturing ideals of marriage which are wide of the mark.“The basic approach is wrong … many marriages last just because people believe they are safe,” she told reporters. “My suggestion is that marriages expire after seven years.”
After that time, couples should either agree to extend their marriage or it should be automatically dissolved, she said.
Gabriele Pauli
That blonde has a huge turd cutter, huh?
Hugh Jass.. haha. I have the best marriage idea: none
#21, Hugh,
Yup, now we can see why you’re still single.
Giving marriage an expiration date like spoiled milk may be an attention-getting idea, but I don’t see it really catching on. Maybe she should have a few more drinks at the biker bar and get a few more campaign ideas.
Or maybe her whole point was to shock the Catholics, in which case I think I love her
#17 – OFTLO,
But, I suspect you love Python more than the rest of us.
I would vote for her in an instant (if she wasn’t in Bavaria and therefore, technically, not really in Germany).
A marriage that automatically times out after seven years would be a great exit strategy in case you married too early or, and that I think is more important, would be a great reminder of the fact that nothing is yours forever. Marriages often go foul because one or both feel just a littly to cosy, to safe, and forget that there’s more than joint housework to make a partnership work.
And, after all, my marriage ended after seven years anyway, and we would have spared us tons of money for the lawyers….
pj
For God’s sake! Won’t somebody think of the children?!
SLAG!
“the Catholic state in Germany” ?!
Martin Luther and the other Lutherans must be spinning.
The single most significant cause of divorce is . . marriage.
Children
1) If you have children you are tied to their mother (or father) forever, in one way or another. You’ll see him/her in emergencies, at weddings. at the birth of grandchildren. Forever!
2) After they reach a certain age, it’s not the divorce that hurts them – it’s the way the breakup plays out. Screaming – undermining the other parent, etc..
3) Maintaing a miserable marriage hurts the children more than a dovorce that’s well handled.
4) Adults have a right to avoid misery also. See 2 and 3 above.
In life, pain is inevitable. Misery, however, is optional.
Another pic of her: