Marriage is totally worth it!
My Mother came into town Sunday to attend a nursing conference in the city. I was basically her driver/hotel concierge/hostess for the last two days and I am exhausted! I enjoyed having her around but my poor Father was clearly miserable without his wife.
Dad constantly called to hear her voice, remind her to take her medication, and any other random excuse he thought up to dial her number. It’s endearing and sweet to see their romance continue all these years! When I saw them light up when they reunited (after 48 whole hours!), I got all choked up and misty. It was like a sappy The Notebook moment right there in the parking lot.
I thought, “You know? I kind of want that!” No, seriously! I’ve been ambivalent about marriage and commitment in the past, but watching my parents yesterday made me think that marriage is totally worth it. I would love to have a man still stand the sight of me, let alone love me, after over 40 years of marriage!
Do you think marriage and commitment is worth all the challenges that are sure to come?
How do you think your parent’s relationship shaped your perception about love, commitment, and relationships?
What was your first memory of love and affection in your home?
accessAtlanta Partner Sites
Sections
Advertise on accessAtlanta.com »
Reach the audience you want by advertising on accessAtlanta.com
Join the Access Atlanta Network »
Advertisers and Publishers, expand your reach by joining the Access Atlanta Network.
Tell us what you think about the site
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement | About our ads
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
367 comments Add your comment
Sassy Me..Sun Kissed :-)
April 14th, 2010
3:38 pm
(still haven’t replaced my trustee bullet
I’ve never tried one.
SlimCoo-Coo
April 14th, 2010
3:39 pm
Let me rephrase…i wasn’t in denial…i was more so embarrassed but seems like you all like da phatty
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:39 pm
Sassy I need a CT pic of yours too.
Ladies: giordano.carlito72@gmail.com
Slim, I keep my balls smoothly shaved and just trim the rest. I am cool, easy like sunday morning.
Lady J-I love music, any kind of music
April 14th, 2010
3:41 pm
carlito I ain’t sending ya jack lmao @ you…..lol….men are funny!!!! LOL
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:41 pm
Everytime I go to the bathroom to urinate I am surprised at how fat my…………..
Sassy Me..Sun Kissed :-)
April 14th, 2010
3:41 pm
Also I like to eat it from the back.
!!!!!!!!
BlackMagicWoman
April 14th, 2010
3:42 pm
NOW LOOK HERE CARLITO….I am gonna need you to stop! Stop it I say!
Got a sista havin’ dirty thoughts and nobody to do them with! Well there is that new guy…nah! I will consult B.O.B when I get home! 
INFAMOUS….you have a desire for a Pretty Kitty!
Slim…my second toe is a bit longer and I do sweat above my top lip and nose. I guess I am one mean domineering chick!
SlimCoo-Coo
April 14th, 2010
3:42 pm
Sassy My ex’s mom called me Saturday asking me what the thing was called…She was like, what is that thing again? a Bullseye? LOL! So guess she wants to try it out too.
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:42 pm
Lady J is it fat, can I see it from the back?
No new messages yet. Weak!!!!!!
Lady J-I love music, any kind of music
April 14th, 2010
3:42 pm
good bye!!!!!! I am laughing my ass off at how the day ended on here!
Sassy Me..Sun Kissed :-)
April 14th, 2010
3:43 pm
Sassy I need a CT pic of yours too.
There’s always room for j-e-l-l-o….
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:43 pm
BlackMagicWoman, I need a CT pic from you as well.
SlimCoo-Coo
April 14th, 2010
3:43 pm
BlackMagic….you’re a natural Triple threat then..LOL!
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:43 pm
Lady J, Lady J!!!
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:44 pm
Triple threat? All three holes? I only like two of them
Sassy Me..Sun Kissed :-)
April 14th, 2010
3:45 pm
what is that thing again? a Bullseye?
GURL you got folks comin over here to ckeck on me…..
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:45 pm
Ever had a lady ask to shave your balls? Always answer no, to be safe. You know how a woman will do something then act like it’s a mistake.
Beautiful *Absolutely cannot be you.....I'm way too busy being me*
April 14th, 2010
3:45 pm
Carlito!!!
Melo
April 14th, 2010
3:47 pm
She was like, what is that thing again? a Bullseye?
@Slimone??
where did she get the idea from..u?? when u were with ex…..?
did u fill up the bull’eye with some form of fake sperm to squirt ur insides when u get to high O??
dont worry,if u dont tell me Leggs will??
THE INFAMOUS DK AKA MR. MY SINUSES ARE..
April 14th, 2010
3:47 pm
Slim – You dont need a bullet.. You got me Babe..
Sassy Me..Sun Kissed :-)
April 14th, 2010
3:49 pm
Carlito you missed it….
SlimCoo-Coo
April 14th, 2010
3:49 pm
melo She’s from the islands so stuff like fake slongs, bullets etc is really nothing…yeah she got the idea from me. I’ll never forget the time when the ex was a kid, that he said he found her toy in a drawer in her room and he was all over the house playing with it. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course he had no idea what it was. He was probably singing into it like it was a mic…i just hope he never put it in his mouth.
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:49 pm
THANK YOU!!!!!
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:50 pm
Beautiful, go ahead and send yours as well
Sassy, what did I miss?
I do not know anyone’s real name nor would I ever say but thank you to whomever sent me that email
THE INFAMOUS DK AKA MR. MY SINUSES ARE..
April 14th, 2010
3:50 pm
Carlito – I like to Hoist that thang up on my shoulders with her pinned up against the wall… And just regular ole missionary buffetting to get to the spots that need to be touched..
Lord Velonese
April 14th, 2010
3:53 pm
“Marriage is totally worth it!”
Lies, maybe for a woman. I wouldn’t do it even if it were a law.
Melo
April 14th, 2010
3:55 pm
I think marriage would be worth it if females in america stop being non chalant about sex.A home is not a home without a woman!
Of all the places i have visted and lived,america is the only coountry where:
females will get with a guy,phluck him,break up and brag,”yeah, i phlucked him” then step away cooly,as they keep it moving!
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:56 pm
Infamous, ahh I see you have a shaolin style. I am more of a buddhist, you know like Tiger Woods. LMAO.
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
3:57 pm
Melo, can we have that part of the discussion tomorrow? I am collecting CT pics
Sassy Me..Sun Kissed :-)
April 14th, 2010
3:58 pm
what did I miss?
J-e-l-l-o…..know how it wiggles n jiggles…sort of like a pitcher’s mound…
I like to Hoist that thang up on my shoulders with her pinned up against the wall…
Hercules…Hercules…Hercules
Melo
April 14th, 2010
3:59 pm
@Carlito!
share them(CTs) with ur boy!
in fact, i can do the full body match for u….courtesy my massive pictorial databse
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
4:00 pm
LOLOLOL
czBrat
April 14th, 2010
4:00 pm
great googly moogly! no idea what’s been going on in here, but just popped in to say that Angel Ramos (featured in My Style) is scrumdidlyumptious!!!
(what the he11 are ya’ll up to anyway???)
Sassy Me..Sun Kissed :-)
April 14th, 2010
4:02 pm
Ooooookay so ummm gotta go now….read y’all tomorrow!!!
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
4:03 pm
Sassy,
http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/11/hit-that-3-times.jpg
Melo
April 14th, 2010
4:03 pm
he said he found her toy in a drawer in her room and he was all over the house playing with
@Slimone??
uall nasty,talking about ur parents like that!
I can never do it,except for this one time when my bro and I (caught) heard my mum and dad doing it(just the sounds) and my dad was moarning! he hehe he hehe!!
But thats a secret tween me and my bro and Now u!
Sassy Me..Sun Kissed :-)
April 14th, 2010
4:04 pm
LOLOLOL
I bet…next time you see that commercial I know you’re gonna laugh
Adios..
Sassy Me..Sun Kissed :-)
April 14th, 2010
4:06 pm
You wrong Carlito..but dude looked proud as hell didn’t he?
Okay now for the last time…bye y’all.
SexyCool
April 14th, 2010
4:06 pm
czB – I thought dude looked kinda geigh – pretty, but geigh. At least in the suits. In casual wear, not so much geigh-ness.
czBrat
April 14th, 2010
4:10 pm
SexyC …. apparently i have a weakness for the softer type. remember the shemar moore convo? LOL!!!!!
BlackMagicWoman
April 14th, 2010
4:10 pm
CARLITO is the Italian “Melo”. Nasty…just NASTY!
INFAMOUS….you get a time out!
Nasty….just NASTY!
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
4:14 pm
BlackMagicWoman, all in the name of science. I will say though I have just seen the most beautiful woman.
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
4:16 pm
Africa- Italian-American Connection otherwise known as the AIAC
Melo, Carlito and Infamous.
We have group rates ladies.
Not being able to walk for a few days is normal
BlackMagicWoman
April 14th, 2010
4:21 pm
Africa- Italian-American Connection otherwise known as the AIAC
Melo, Carlito and Infamous.
We have group rates ladies.
Not being able to walk for a few days is normal
OH Lawd…I just fainted!
Melo
April 14th, 2010
4:30 pm
@@BlackMagicWoman??
when u going for a swim??
I wanna swing by! u can leave me the GPS coordinates here!
SlimCoo-Coo
April 14th, 2010
4:30 pm
Carlito – i hope you don’t mean we have to take all 3 of yall on at the same time.
Timeless
April 14th, 2010
4:30 pm
RandyT (@9:58). Agreed! It’s funny how people can make things work once you engrain in their minds that there is no other option. It’s when people not only know, but are actuvely encouraged by media, peers, society in general, there are options that people start to seek out those “other” options.
Melo
April 14th, 2010
4:35 pm
I hope you don’t mean we have to take all 3 of yall on at the same time
@Slimone??
cmeone Slim!!
why u talk and ask as if u have the stamina for a triple combo??
we know u deep,but u aint got the stamina for 3 stallions and wont last long!
Carlito
April 14th, 2010
4:35 pm
Slim, it is however you want it.
3 at a time
Tag team
or one on one
Infamous, has a thing for flip flops, so do not wear them.
Luvbug
April 14th, 2010
4:37 pm
So who does the nails with the full alphabet on them and the rhinestones?
LOL!!!! I’m basic…same as the rest. Clear or french is enough.