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"In this post I read quite a bit of opinions on why to stay, or why to leave, a marriage. Main reasons to stay included (from commenters, not me): 1. Respect from parenting styles to hard work ethics. 2. The good old fashioned &amp;quot;we have our ups, we have our downs&amp;quot; mentality. You stick around for the long haul. 3. The grass isn&amp;#039;t always greener on the other side. (No, smoking grass doesn&amp;#039;t help the situation either.) 4. It&amp;#039;s not fair to the kids. AKA: &amp;quot;Okay&amp;quot; parents who tolerate each other are better than seperated ones. 5. The devil you know is better than the one you don&amp;#039;t. Main reasons to leave included (from commenters, not me): 1. Physical or mental abuse. 2. Drug or alcohol addiction. 3. Adultery. 4. Consistent arguing. 5. Lack of a spark/boredom. While I&amp;#039;d be out the door in a heartbeat if Rex was ever abusive, I have to say that #5 on that last list seems kind of lame.  Rick&amp;#039;s comment said it best: &amp;quot;No wonder few people&amp;#039;s marriages last. I think that the vows that people really need to read should include, &amp;quot;I will stay with you till you get boring or unpleasant and then I am outa here, baby.&amp;quot; I hate to say it but for me, life became joyful when I gave up on trying to be entertained all the time.&amp;quot; Entertainment aside, I wonder about people, like Al and Tipper Gore, who have been married for 40 years and then call it quits. It harkens back to a time in a restaurant. I heard an elderly lady chatting with a friend. &amp;quot;Yup, Hal and I got divorced. After 25 years, I couldn&amp;#039;t take the sound of his spoon clicking against his teeth over the Cheerios one more minute.&amp;quot; Everyone deserves to be happy. Yup - even the Gores. I have no right to judge. All I can do is look at my own marriage - both wonderful and flawed. I can look within and ponder Rick&amp;#039;s comment. Do I want be &amp;quot;entertained&amp;quot; or do I want to be happy? After ten years of marriage (our ups and our downs... see #2 on the first list) there is a difference. Until later, wishing you an exciting, dazzling, and non-boring Monday. As for me, I&amp;#039;m about to do dishes while Rex surfs the internet. I know... it&amp;#039;s really thrilling. Perhaps I&amp;#039;ll announce my divorce tomorrow after the second cup of Yuban. Or maybe I&amp;#039;ll wait 22 years after I&amp;#039;ve had a really exciting career and there&amp;#039;s not one more slot in the Christmas photo album. I&amp;#039;ll keep you posted. (But you heard it here first: The 1980&amp;#039;s StarWars Holiday album is all mine) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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