Oh, goodie, it's THAT time of year.again. (Part IIII)

I am at that age where everyone is getting engaged, getting married (or re-married) and having kids- granted, not necessarily in that sequence.

I have no problems with any those things (or in what order it is being done) but the sheer torture it is for me is great.

The DIVORCE

For my friends, the ones that are entering divorce (or will be shortly!) are the dumb-asses that decided to get married at a tender young age, most were between the ages of 18-23. They were "in love" (*sigh* young love!) wanted to live together and bang each others brains out on a daily basis.

I get the whole love thing; the urge to be together all the time, the energy, the emotions and we cant forget the sex! Oh hell, I can admit it- I am in love right now! And I was in love at those tender ages as well, but for me- there was NO way that I would have been ready for the white picket fence at the age they did it. You are still at a "development" time in your life. You are NOT the person you will be forever at that age. There is still a lot of growing and discovery that is going on, compound that with the fact that they aren't "adult" enough to deal with all the real life things going on while trying to maintain a healthy, functional relationship.

If you are over 25- think back to what you were like at 18

If you were not married at that age, imagine you at 18 playing house- because that is what you would be doingyou would be playing.

Frightening, right?

Now throw in car payments, school, work, a couple kids, mortgage/ rent, bills, daily stresses and you get: real life.

Suddenly, the sex is non-existent, you can't stand the fact that "that bitch is always nagging" or that "he would put down the freakin' toilet seat". Everything is an argument: How to raise the kids (if you were so fortunate to bring innocent, impressionable children into the mix) what's for dinner, who makes the money and controls the money. Every day is a battle. Your life isn't your own anymore; you have to consider how your actions will affect the other person, you cant just go for a boys weekend at the drop of a hat and marriage counseling is the only date nights for you at this point.

Okay, I rambled. I have a passion to point out the obvious and do a written "I told you so".

My point is- everyone around you is going through this divorce too. I have to let you cry on my shoulder. Listen to you tell me what a "lying,

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