"Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate."
-- W.H. Auden
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That's too deep for a man who isn't even engaged.
I remember a song that said something like, "It isn't as exciting as it used to be, but I sure don't mind feeling this comfortable."
There is a kind of settled repose that is preferable to the exciting discovery phase--which is of course heightened by the relative uncertainty of the arrangement. This is contrary to pop-culture's assumption that marriage is basically a four year honeymoon followed by the inevitable divorce, followed by the conclusion that marriage at 35 was "a bit too young."
I agree. That's why you needed to read the title
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