Just started dating my best friend, how to make it less awkward?

[Clownfish]

mcjob don't forget tony's girlfriend broke up with him for a bunch of handicapped reasons including him telling her that her feelings are just "chemical reactions"

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[McJob]

It's loving 2016 not 1616. No one cares about marriage anymore. Look at the stats, divorce is skyrocketing and marriage is decreasing.

Stats you aren't posting sources for and based on your own stuffty opinion rather than facts.

I see plenty of people get married. I've been to many marriage ceremonies. You're just an idiot.

[Poliwhirl]

Marriage isn't needed in today's society and people realize this and they find out they can't get out of it because they are locked in.

You don't need to get married to be with someone forever. You don't need to sign a legal document to prove that and you don't need an expensive ring to prove it.

When you get married and your wife is unhappy with the marriage and she knows she can't get out of it because divorce is too complicated don't be surprised when she forgets other people behind your back.

if you aren't ready for the commitment, don't throw yourself into a marriage. its that simple. if you hastily commit yourself to a life-changing decision, and you're too scared to take the effort to back out of it and instead turn to cheating, you're just a stuff person.

I don't know if love is real or not however what I do know is that the romantic attraction between two people fades within 6 months.

This is why some couples experiment and try new stuff all the time so they don't get bored.

if your definition of "Experimenting" is cheating on someone you agreed to be a life partner to then i'm glad you dont work for marriam-webster

im the only thing keeping her from a messy waste of a divorce.
they have rent to pay together, why should i allow them to break up because shes miserable.

hey listen man i guess it is her fault if she decides to cheat, its just generally frowned on by most people to be actively involved in the ruining of a marriage.

[Bisjac]

her marriage was already ruined when she decided to sleep with another guy. that had happened before i was even involved.
im not even making things worse.

[Lord Tony®]

Because divorce is a "complicated procedure", that automatically means people are going to cheat on you if the marriage fails? Are you loving handicapped?

First there is dividing the assets.

Then there is lawyer fees.

If the other person doesn't want to sign the divorce papers then you can't get divorced. Now if you find a way around this then it's an even more complicated mess.

If you didn't get a prenup (the most unromantic thing you can do before marriage) then one of the spouses will have to pay for loving alimony.

Alimony

Alimony

Alimony

Wedlock baby

Child support

Paying child support for a baby that's proven to not be yours.

Alimony

OH THE LIST JUST GOES ON! It's probably better to kill yourself instead of dealing with all this crap because you feel like stuff. Or you could just cheat.

[Lord Tony®]

Poliwhirl doesn't know how life works. Probably hasn't evolved enough.

Marriage is the worst thing two people can do.

Back then marriage was only for religious reasons.

Today it's just for money reasons. Women will marry someone just for their money.

Marriage is a scam.

[Doughboy]

tony where do you import all your bait from

[Bisjac]

or just not get married to begin with.
it still is just an institution designed for woman to be saved from independence.
(well it was technically slavery back then lol)

if 2 people are close and wanna spend many years supporting each others goals and share the responsibilities.
that can be done regardless of marriage.

[Clownfish]

or you could just marry somebody you trust and didn't start dating (loving) 3 months ago and married because it was "true love" and then it goes sour and she plays you like a fiddle because you're handicapped

[Lord Tony®]

if 2 people are close and wanna spend many years supporting each others goals and share the responsibilities.
that can be done regardless of marriage.

Exactly.

You don't need to get married to someone to prove you love them.

[Clownfish]

either way tony and bisjac are the dynamic stuffpost duo and honestly I'm impressed

[Lord Tony®]

or you could just marry somebody you trust

OH stuff! Why didn't people think of that?!

Did you know people change? I don't want to loving get literally stabbed in the back by my cunt of a wife because I just took a big life insurance policy.

[Bisjac]

or you could just marry somebody you trust and didn't start dating (loving) 3 months ago and married because it was "true love" and then it goes sour and she plays you like a fiddle because you're handicapped

i dont get the whole fad of marrying some girl you been dating for 2-3 years. thats what everyone does.
i think you should live together like a married couple for like 5-6 years before you make that move.

[Poliwhirl]

her marriage was already ruined when she decided to sleep with another guy. that had happened before i was even involved.
im not even making things worse.

again, people generally don't care and will only look to the fact that you were actively involved.

OH THE LIST JUST GOES ON! It's probably better to kill yourself instead of dealing with all this crap because you feel like stuff. Or you could just cheat.

even ignoring the fact that you will be found out, and you'll REALLY lose everything in the divorce process, it's a general rule in life that reversing a mistake you make in life isn't a walk through the park.

Exactly.

You don't need to get married to someone to prove you love them.

good luck explaining that to a future girlfriend when she breaks up with you because you refuse to settle down

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i dated my best friend for like two years, then we broke up and are still friends