Should marriage have a legal limit of 7 years?

[Astronuc]

Glamorous politician wants law to allow 7-year itch
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070921/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_politics_marriage

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bavaria's most glamorous politician -- a flame-haired motorcyclist who helped bring down state premier Edmund Stoiber -- has shocked the Catholic state in Germany by suggesting marriage should last just 7 years.

Gabriele Pauli, who poses on her website in motorcycle leathers, is standing for the leadership of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) -- sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) -- in a vote next week.

She told reporters at the launch of her campaign manifesto on Wednesday she wanted marriage to expire after seven years and accused the CSU, which promotes traditional family values, of nurturing ideals of marriage which are wide of the mark.

"The basic approach is wrong ... many marriages last just because people believe they are safe," she told reporters. "My suggestion is that marriages expire after seven years."

After that time, couples should either agree to extend their marriage or it should be automatically dissolved, she said.

IMO - bad idea.

 

[Moonbear]

Would make me very nervous if they don't also remove the part of the vows where you say, "'Til death do us part."

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

After that time, couples should either agree to extend their marriage or it should be automatically dissolved.

Under the current system, my wife and I are forced to agree to extend our marriage every day. It's one of the few things we do agree on. But lacking that agreement, we would have no choice but to divorce, as murder is definitely out. Anyway, even if we did divorce, I doubt we would separate as each of us makes up for certain deficiencies in the other. Pauli's plan doesn't really change much for people like us except for the onus of shelling out another 2 bucks every seven years.

 

[Kurdt]

Those Pauli's are fond of their exclusion principles.

 

[Lisa!]

Would make me very nervous if they don't also remove the part of the vows where you say, "'Til death do us part."

They must replace it with something else!

 

[mgb_phys]

You could make it an anual renewal - then you could have a transfer season like in football. (Hopes wife isn't reading this.)

 

[G01]

Yu could make it an anual renewal - then you could have a transfer season like in football. (Hopes wife isn't reading this.)

 

[Mallignamius]

Marriage terms? Why stop there? Why not a campaign and election, too?

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Vote for
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Stephanie's husband
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[edward]

It could get a bit troublesome dividing up the assets every seven years. Who gets the kids and who gets the dog??

I've been married 43 years because neither one of us was willing to give up half of everything.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Would make me very nervous if they don't also remove the part of the vows where you say, "'Til death do us part."

Or we could add: And may the strongest survive.

 

[Lisa!]

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Or we could add: And may the strongest survive.

Where's Tsu?

 

[whitay]

Till 7years do us apart.

Möchtest du meine 7 Jahre Frau werden? Möchtest du?? Möchtest du??

 

[animalcroc]

Under the current system, my wife and I are forced to agree to extend our marriage every day. It's one of the few things we do agree on. But lacking that agreement, we would have no choice but to divorce, as murder is definitely out. Anyway, even if we did divorce, I doubt we would separate as each of us makes up for certain deficiencies in the other. Pauli's plan doesn't really change much for people like us except for the onus of shelling out another 2 bucks every seven years.

I agree. . Marriage is a committment that has to be renewed everyday. The good side to Pauli's idea is that should one or both individuals feel the need to leave the marriage they're able to do so. This stops feeble and reluctant marriages from living on.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Marriage is a committment.

And it's an institution. I should be commited to an institition.

 

[animalcroc]

And it's an institution. I should be commited to an institition.

sure. But if one or both individuals don't want to be in the marriage after seven years it's not going to work. But it's still an institution.

 

[Math Jeans]

I think that in order to make the motorcycle guy happy, they should do the rule that you have to agree to extend your marriage, but in order to cancel your marriage, you have to fill out lots...and lots...and LOTS of paperwork. Then at that point most people would rather divorce than do a seven year breakup .

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

sure. But if one or both individuals don't want to be in the marriage after seven years it's not going to work. But it's still an institution.

Agreed. You should be committed to an institution too.

 

[animalcroc]

Agreed. You should be committed to an institution too.

I agree. If two people are no longer compatible they aren't capable of being married. The institution lives on for the committed.