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Is 3 Months Long Enough...?

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Is 3 Months Long Enough...?

To Decide to Marry Someone?

from JoeUser Forums
My mother-in-law, who has been married 4 times, has decided to get married again, to a guy she met online two and a half months ago. This marriage is to commence in two weeks. Based on her recent dating history, it could very well break up (with police being called) within this time frame.

However, my wife says that he seems like a decent guy. I haven't met him.

I'm all for finding someone to spend the rest of your life with, but doesn't it take longer than 3 months to really know for sure?

Well, even though she's been married 4 times, she's only been married to 2 people. That's right, folks - she married the same guy thrice. In a row. I could see if she left him to marry some other guy, and then decided to go back to him and remarried him. But no, she married her second husband three times in a row. Marriage, divorce, marriage, divorce, marriage, divorce. This was not a very long time span, either. And, they were both going to church and knew divorce was bad. So, they decided to do it three times, just to make sure they were really bad. My wife has been quoted as saying "If you marry him again, I'm disowning you." So at least there's that to this new relationship. He's not him.

Anyway, is 3 months long enough to make this lifelong (hopefully) decision?
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
It's just funny to me, misfortune by choice always is, the number of issues that didn't come up in their courtship. I mean, even with a long courtship some stuff doesn't come up necessarily, but how many times do you need to be married to figure out that you should probably talk about certain things before you tie the knot?
Reply #27 from Stardock Forums Top

Update:

Problems are coming up.  Duh.  It appears that this marriage might have been a little hasty, and now is a little over.

Oh well, not over yet, but man.  It sure sounds like its going that way.

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