tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post112743301626913696..comments2024-03-25T01:20:22.817-04:00Comments on a bengali in TO: The Boyfriend Did It - Notmezbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-1127764793170834652005-09-26T15:59:00.000-04:002005-09-26T15:59:00.000-04:00Again I can't comment towards "Canadian" views on ...Again I can't comment towards "Canadian" views on the whole thing, but south of the border isn't much different. When I was living with then-boyfriend-now-husband as the girlfriend I was definitely a third-class citizen amoungst the Navy wives AND the Neighborhood women. Everytime I was referred to as the "girlfriend" they might as well have said the "slut". Likewise when we made our recent sojourn to Montreal I kept getting strange looks and sneers from the propieter of our B&B. That is until I explained that I was in fact a Mrs. not some tart who was holidaying with my flavor of the week. <BR/><BR/>Marriage is so common now that it's easy to forget what it's like BEFORE you take those vows. We're reminded everyday how heavy and important promising ourselves is, by rings, by anniversaries, by other couples, that it's easy to loose sight of what we felt like when we were just boyfriends and girlfriends. It was the same love and the same devotion, but you didn't have all these stamps calling it official. Marriage becomes the important part rather than love. Those who haven't gone through the ritual aren't as devoted as those who have.<BR/><BR/>Of course that's silliness...but it's an easy idea to slip into.katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596668903600884552noreply@blogger.com