Fantastic Cracked article about men's fear of marriage

Crackerjacksurgeon · 2012-01-06T00:35:12+00:00

@#4: The bullshit about how it's 'her day' needs to go. It's the man's wedding too.

ExpendableOne · 2012-01-05T21:19:35+00:00

Why do they call it a "fear" of marriage? Seems like a rather detrimental way to present men for making a rational decision(kind of like shaming men for not living up to social ideals of chivalry). I don't fear marriage but I do consider it an archaic, pretentious, meaningless, over-commercialized, misandric and unnecessary facade. Relationships shouldn't rely on, and do not require, these ridiculous tokens, illusions of grandeur or pointless theatrics to exist or to strive; nor do they need religions or religious approval to be valid.

The fact that so many people(women especially) are still convinced, despite all rationality, that marriage is a mandatory part of any long term relationship is pretty astonishing. What also makes marriage offensive is that it is generally presented as this epitome of female over-glorification/entitlement and male expandability/submission; everything has to be about the woman, nothing a man believes in or cares about matters and it's the man's job to provide that woman with everything she wants.

A truly egalitarian marriage is something that takes place in a courthouse and comes with a sensible prenup agreement but good luck finding a woman willing to go through with that in this social climate. Not that there is even any kind of genuine egalitarian activism coming from feminist movements, or women in general, on that part either.

Frank_Discussion · 2012-01-05T18:49:18+00:00

Every now and then, Cracked writes something absolutely awesome. That was a terrific read, and hits on a lot of things that I wish far more people understood about men.

gifforc · 2012-01-05T22:10:09+00:00

lol. 27 grand? That's absurd. My wife spent 5,000 bucks on the wedding and honeymoon. I was cool with a simple ceremony in white on the beach but she wanted a LITTLE extravagance. I don't know anyone who spends that much on a fucking wedding. It's unheard of. And BTW, my father in law payed for all of it. Because if he hadn't we would have had a $1000 wedding and likely a trip to branson for the honeymoon, because I got married at 19.

I find this article entertaining, but a bit silly.

therealxris · 2012-01-05T17:28:52+00:00

This has nothing to do with MensRights. I mean, it's mocking womens' behavior in relationships, so I guess that makes it ok to post here.. but it has nothing to do with mens rights.

gifforc · 2012-01-05T22:11:50+00:00

According to them, we just love to fuck every woman we see, every second of the day, and committing to one person ends that ability.

This is true. For many men. It's part of man's baser instinct. Unfortunately it's probably representative of the majority of men, making it very accurate.

GuyWhoCallsYouBill · 2012-01-05T19:02:24+00:00

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Title	Fantastic Cracked article about men's fear of marriage
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Date	January 5, 2012 3:31 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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