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
This is my easiest prediction – ever.
Lawyers will not like this idea and will fight against it tooth and nail.
Since most politicians are lawyers, all I can say is: Good Luck, Gabriele Pauli!
She’s kinda hot…
Maybe she should run our Copyright Office….
First of all, why seven years? Do people turn into pumpkins after then? Second, instead of going after “marriage”, why not just create a special civil union contract?
This sounds more like, “Now that i’m in power, I have no idea what to do, so i’ll make some crazy laws to distract people…”
Maybe Bush and her are in the same book club?
>>She’s kinda hot…Maybe she should run
>>our Copyright Office….
I could go along with that.
>>Lawyers will not like this idea and will fight against it tooth and nail.
I would think they’d be quite keen on it. Guaranteed custody and property battles every seven years? Job security up the wazoo. And even if there isn’t a battle, everyone will want an ironclad pre-nup. Those aren’t cheap either. What’s not to like (if you’re a lawyer)?
let me guess….she doesn’t have any kids.
#5 MM
You’re most likely right and I was actually thinking some of those thoughts when I posted the first time. I guess I’m an optimist and I just figured they’d have the property and custody issues settled as part of the initial seven year contract.
Obviously, I’ve been reading too much science fiction.
When it comes right down to it, I guess the only solution to lawyers is Shakespeare’s solution.
#7 lakelady
No doubt she’s a member of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, located at:
http://tinyurl.com/gfa33
“May we live long and die out”
#2,
She’s kinda hot…
Maybe she should run our Copyright Office….
With the footstool?
if it was automatic after 7 years then lawyers would have nothing to do.. no money too earn. that’s why Layers won’t go for this since it’s less money made for them.
But really this is a stupid idea.. why bother getting married in the first place if it’s going to be gone in 7 years? What’s the point then? Isn’t the idea of getting married to start a family?
#11 – Isn’t the idea of getting married to start a family?
For me?
Absofuckinglutely not!
Divorce is costly, and not just in legal fees. People are often in so much debt that a bankruptcy isn’t uncommon. One or both parties end up in poverty, or with lousy credit. This wouldn’t undo that problem.
What a maroon. There are a million ways to make a marriage last a very long time, and make it a great one. I’ve spent the last four months working very hard on mine. Especially good are books by the Feldhahns, and Gary Chapman. BTW, I’ve been married for 24 years.
She’s been reading Heinlein. He suggested term marriages years ago. Sorry I can’t remember which book or books.
#15, Scott, I remember “line marriages” in The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, but I just can’t remember Heinlein’s novel with contract marriages. Darn.
Even Star Trek has dealt with contract marriages. I seem to remember a character from DS9 with a 5-year contract marriage.
Maybe Ms. Pauli has been reading too much sci-fi. 🙂
#16 – I like Sci-Fi as much as the next… No actually, now that I think about it, you all love Sci-Fi far more than I do… 🙂
The concept of eternity constantly changes as you grow older. A teen’s dewey eyed concept of “forever” is way different from a jaded, ancient and still randy philanderer’s view.
#18 – Thank you for speaking up for me and my fellow philanderers 🙂
I was happily married for 11 years, it ended after 23.
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: