>  aemeijers <aemeij...@att.net> wrote:
> > Yer Pal Al wrote:
> > > On Jul 5, 9:21 pm, "Becoming something you're not [was LH]"
> > > <lfkkhjsssssssss...@lhhhhggd.com> wrote:
> > >> In article <2EXbk.184103$fz6.66...@fe08.news.easynews.com>,
> > >>  Craig R <m...@whee.ls> wrote:

> > >>> Becoming something you're not [was LH] wrote:
> > >>>> In article <W5Gdndzsw4vt2e3VnZ2dnUVZ_uidn...@posted.localnet>,
> > >>>>  "Lord Gow333, Conservative Fullback!" <lord...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >>>>> "Clave" <ClaviusNoSpamDam...@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
> > >>>>>news:W6-dnTvT1pK7aPLVnZ2dnUVZ_r7inZ2d@cablespeedwa.com...
> > >>>>>> "OrangeSFO" <intangible...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > >>>>>>news:90472b84-f3a1-47b0-911d-b1f2fe121e2b@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com.
> > >>>>>> ..
> > >>>>>>> Republicans...they want more babies...but they don't want anyone to
> > >>>>>>> fuck.
> > >>>>>> Nonsense.  They just don't want women to enjoy it.
> > >>>>> Completely wrong. They want all couples to be married before having
> > >>>>> sex,
> > >>>>> thereby ensuring that the MAN won't enjoy it.
> > >>>>    Marriage is a sham.
> > >>> Recently divorced?
> > >>    Worse. Parents stayed together until I was 18. That and the whole
> > >> problem of it being a way to control the animalistic populace.

> > > You didn't want your parents to stay together?

> > > Children in single parent families are more likely to do poorly in
> > > school, drop-out, take drugs, get involved in crime and have children
> > > out of wedlock.

> > > Did you suffer from any of these pitfalls?

> > Better a single parent with time and sanity to care about the kids, than
> > a couple locked in battle royal and other melodrama (like ten years of
> > icy silence to each other), to the point where the kids hide under their
> > beds, or worse, are simply invisible.  Not to mention the usual villains
> > of one parent being a drunk or druggie, or abusive. Sure, a reasonably
> > happy and stable 2-parent household where the kids have a model of what
> > an adult relationship is supposed to be like, is best. But if that isn't
> > happening, yes, the kids are better off with just the saner parent, or
> > elsewhere. 'Staying together for the kids' is almost always a crock. Not
> > saying people shouldn't give their marriages an honest effort, but once
> > it fails, be realistic.

>    Exactly. Marriages are a sham. Just like religion and government.