Love, lust or marriage

How do you know if you’re in love, lust or marriage?

LOVE when your eyes meet across a crowded room
LUST when your tongues meet across a crowded room
MARRIAGE when your belt won’t meet around your waist, and you don’t care

LOVE when intercourse is called making love
LUST all other times
MARRIAGE what’s intercourse?

LOVE when you argue over how many children to have
LUST when you argue over who gets the wet spot
MARRIAGE when you argue over money

LOVE when you share everything you own
LUST when you think twice about giving your partner bus money
MARRIAGE when the bank owns everything

LOVE when it doesn’t matter if you don’t climax
LUST when the relationship is over if you don’t climax
MARRIAGE what’s climax?

LOVE when you phone each other just to say ‘Hi’
LUST when you phone each other just to organize sex
MARRIAGE when you phone each other to find out what time your son’s game starts

LOVE when you write poems about each other
LUST when all you write is your phone number
MARRIAGE when all you write are the cheques

LOVE when you show concern for your partner’s feelings
LUST when you couldn’t give a rip
MARRIAGE when your only concern is what’s on TV

LOVE when your farewell is “I love you darling”
LUST when your farewell is “So, same time next week”?
MARRIAGE when your farewell is silent

LOVE when you are proud to be seen in public with your partner
LUST when you only ever see each other in the bedroom
MARRIAGE when you never see each other awake

LOVE when your heart flutters every time you see them
LUST when your groin twitches every time you see them
MARRIAGE when your wallet empties every time you see them

LOVE when nobody else matters
LUST when nobody else knows
MARRIAGE when everybody else matters and you don’t care who knows

LOVE when all your songs on the radio describe exactly how you feel
LUST when it’s just the same mushy old crap
MARRIAGE when you never listen to music

LOVE when breaking up is something you try not to think about
LUST when staying together is something you try not to think about
MARRIAGE when just getting through today is your only thought

LOVE when you’re interested in everything your partner does
LUST when you’re only interested in one thing
MARRIAGE when you’re not interested in what your partner does and the one thing you’re interested in is your golf score.

Well, that's gotta put you off marriage.

Isn't it really impossible to have 3 in one??? Love,lust and marriage.?

No. Once you realize the difference, you have to make a choice.
People think that they can have it all, but only years and years of experience tell you that 'no'.

Oh,Terri!It sounds sooo pessimistic!Is it your personal experience or do you believe in poets' words?

OMG! How very true!
I've got to seriously re-think my life after reading this one...

Ugh... I won't marry anyone after reading that :P.

When you ever to be happy, love is just a great start-off.
When you ever to have sex, lust is what's drive you at.
When you ever to be married, think twice, how to make two one.

Impossible? If you love trully, impossible seems to be unhappy. Very often people forget about each other's feelings and don't have time for JUST being together.
Change it! Find JUST five minutes for your parter to say "hi", "I love ya", "Thank you for being here" And you will see that before one can say Jack Robinson the situation will get improved.

Go kurosama deshita !! = Keep a good work!!

Just believe that you can change it for better, and it will.

Cheers!

When you ever to have sex, lust is what drives you at.

Oh,merix,thanks.You are saving my belief in true love.
Terri ,please rethink your attitude towards that issue.I wish you met someone who would change your mind.

It's nice to know there are still some idealistic people out there. But lemme guess - you're quite young, aren't you?
;-)

No worries, Oli, they will learn, oh yes, they will. Give it a few more years, a decade at most.

Oh guys the text is funny, but it doesn't describe the reality of the group I belonge to.... ;)

I'm happy in my marriage and there is still the lust in it....

In my humble opinion lust is the first step to love, and marriage is its culmination =)

great job, terri!
In my opinion one lover is never enough, true love lasts 9 1/2 weeks, marriage is just one of suicidal techniques with an option where you stay alive.

Personally, I always opt for 'lust'.

zona-exe,

So, to experience continuously a true love for past 5 years you had 30 lovers? Great job!

What's wrong with that? Variety is the spice of life.

Eva, you must be my long-lost twin! Couldn't agree more.

More thoughts for the idealists to disagree with:

Love - is there to make you extatic for a month or so and then cause you enormous pain(s) for the next few years.
Lust - very practical and fun, as long as "practised" in moderation
Marriage - eh... is like having a friend (provided you're still on friendly terms after 20 years) with very occasional benefits ;-D

eCStatic, that is...

bit extra:
lust - when you want to feel your partners body next to yours
love - when you don't have to feel your partners body next to yours, as long as you know he's there
marriage - when you don't want to feel your partners body next to yours, don't care whether he's there or not, as long as he pays the bills.

Ok, that's it. I'm NEVER getting married. Staying in lust forever.

>>>a true love for past 5 years you had 30 lovers?
Its always the QUALITY and not the quantity that counts.
Or as Mae West once said: "Its not the men in my life that count, its the life in my men".

She also said " Just how I like it, wall to wall men "!

:D

Recently, I changed my view :) I would go for lust at most cases :D
Only a good sex makes you smile pretty to everyone the next morning, if not, you're still alone in your bed :)

skąd się tam wzieło at :) ? no idea, in most cases, that is :)

merix-
>>Recently, I changed my view...
Is this a case of 'In the end everyone comes round to my way of thinking....'

I just came stronger for the experience :) Good lesson to learn :)
Ripped away what was in the past and all up raised new and fresh for what's in store :)

merix-
>>>new and fresh for what's in store:)
Go for it!!