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[redrover]

Because, on occasion, I say something I think is worth remembering...Or I think I'm in need of a record of the conversation when I try to remember why, exactly, I'm referring to my husband as my "face tattoo":

"I think a marriage is a totally separate animal to a relationship, and this is where we enter territory that is ENTIRELY my own opinion and not based on any fact or external observation whatsoever (headcanon, if you will).

So here we go: I think marriage is a binding and indefinite contract, much like getting a very large tattoo on your face.

Face tattoos are not for everyone. If you think in ten years you might regret that face tattoo, don't do it. You can have face tattoos removed surgically, but it hurts, it's costly, and it doesn't go away entirely.

Similarly, marriage is a face tattoo, and divorce is the removal thereof. [Marriage] is a lifetime commitment. It's the promise to be faithful and devoted to one person indefinitely, whereas a relationship without that contract is just. A relationship. There may or may not be that permanence.

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[Re: relationships] You're looking at something more along the lines of a nose piercing."