If you like to make a big deal of how happy your marriage is, does it not worry you that a lot of women are suffering within marriage?

[SolidGoldBrass]

Two women a week are murdered by partners or ex-partners and one in four women will experience domestic violence at some point in their lives.
If you yourself are in a wonderful marriage and like to talk about it and recommend the institution to other women, do you think you might have some responsibility towards those who naively think that love&marriage will solve all their problems and thereby end up in awful abusive relationships?

Yes this is a folow on from the sex work thread, I thought it deserved a thread of its own.

mummiehunnie xxx back to u

"If you wanted to class me as financially dependant on my husband at the time - the same could also be said that my husband was equally financially dependant on me as the sole childcarer for a large proportion of his working time."

Quite.

But Dizietsma - isn't the fundamental issue, the fact that lots and lots of people don't think that. That the SAHP's (often female partner/spouse) work is not valued as highly as the 'breadwinners' - for want of a better word.

... I don't think this ... but arguably a significant (majority?) proportion of people do..

We've had times where I wor4ked and Dh was a carer for teh boys through redundancy, and now when I am a carer for the boys due to their SN. That does make me glad I am amrried becuase yes, the protection is a bonus.

My wedding day was enormously happy too, but only one of many. Saturday was as I danced on a carnival float for the first time in a decade!. My marrigae has enhanced my life yes, and I am glad it's the path I chose but I woudln;t be less ahppy without it. I would be without Dh though.

Of course people in the main don't think that, but it is true. A man can belittle his partner for staying at home to raise the children, but that can only last until she goes back to work and the childcare bill arrives. Then her work at home reveals it's true economic value. It's a real shame more people don't think this way, but I do feel this is somewhat of a tangent to the real thread.

Well I would like be married for security. I see no reason why wanting financial, emotional, romantic and sexual stability is a bad thing or prostitution.