I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.
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I'm more afraid of marriage than death.
I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.
Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box.
The truth is that I'm more afraid of marriage than of death.
Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people.
The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.
I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.
The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.
I kind of came to the conclusion after I did finally get married that love and relationships are just a series of horrific losses with hopefully one win.
Every single person suffers; every marriage has some major battles. Life pulls you in different directions. But if you try, and you're lucky, you can find your way back to each other.
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