Sweet Sister Morphine wrote:
Seconded. We don't all conform to the 'girlie' stereotype because it is just that, a stereotype.
Where the hell do people get this stuff anyway? Apparently all women like shopping and stupid weepy romantic movies, don't like sex, don't give blowjobs and don't feel that their lives are complete until they've dressed up in an expensive white dress and declared their undying love for the first bloke they can embarass into standing next to them in church until death or more likely divorce do them part.
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Second post on here, but I've been reading SP for a long time. I can honestly say that I've identified with various characters in the strip in different ways, but lately, it's been hitting home.
First, I'm pregnant (unplanned), and I found out very close to the time when Mike found out his girlfriend was pregnant. Creeeeepy!
Second, this strip about marriage. I have never dreamed of a big wedding, or any wedding at all, for that matter. I am going to get married because going to Vegas for a weekend sounds fun, because if I still live with my bf in 6 years, I'll be legally married anyway, and to get my parents to finally stop nagging me.
Other than those reasons, it really doesn't matter to me either way. I think it's a generational frame of mind to believe that love is boundless, and that people can be in love, compatible, and happy without a piece of paper to prove it. Not that there aren't still 20 somethings who believe that marriage is "the only way". But there are many more, I think, especially in urban america, who like things that are open and free. We like things that don't restrict us.
I'm still going to marry my bf for practical reasons, but if we never marry, I would not be less happy with him.
So, I loved this strip because I completely identified with Aubrey's "it's not what really matters in our relationship, so I don't care either way" attitude.
(oh, and there's no way in hell I'd wear a white dress. My skin's pasty enough without one. Maybe I'll go naked!)