Mixed sex!

RetiredGreyFox · 3 Oct 2018 at 18:35

adidan said:
Would we consider marriage? No
Would we consider a Civil Partnership? Yes

Neither of us are religious nor the connotations (thanks Tefal for giving my morning brain the word I was looking for).
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Both me and my wife are atheists and we got married 38 years ago in a Registry Office which had nothing to do with religion.

adidan · 3 Oct 2018 at 18:38

SexyGreyFox said:
Both me and my wife are atheists and we got married 38 years ago in a Registry Office which had nothing to do with religion.

Horses/courses.

I have no problem with what anyone else does.

GGizmo · 3 Oct 2018 at 18:40

mmj_uk said:
In nature the strongest males usually have multiple females.

Nah, they all died off... death by nagging. Why be a glutton for punishment lol

RetiredGreyFox · 3 Oct 2018 at 18:46

adidan said:
Horses/courses.

I have no problem with what anyone else does.

However you were associating marriage with religion which is not always true.

adidan · 3 Oct 2018 at 18:48

SexyGreyFox said:
However you were associating marriage with religion which is not always true.

I didn't say it always was.

RetiredGreyFox · 3 Oct 2018 at 18:51

adidan said:
I didn't say it always was.

This sounded like it

adidan said:
Would we consider marriage? No
Would we consider a Civil Partnership? Yes
Neither of us are religious nor the connotations

adidan · 3 Oct 2018 at 19:00

SexyGreyFox said:
This sounded like it

Ok cupcake.

RetiredGreyFox · 3 Oct 2018 at 19:13

adidan said:
Ok cupcake.

So you agree, if you don't want religious connotations get married in a Registry Office.

stockhausen · 3 Oct 2018 at 19:14

mmj_uk said:
Marriage in itself has a purely religious basis . . . .

Tell that to the Taxman Sunshine.

adidan · 3 Oct 2018 at 20:22

SexyGreyFox said:
So you agree, if you don't want religious connotations get married in a Registry Office.

You read it however you wish to.

I however now have the option of a Civil Partnership if I want.

Edit: As it seems very important to you and i'm in a good mood i'll explain.

I was using the definition:

noun: an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning

'Marriage' invokes a feeling of religion, for me, and hasn't sat comfortably with me for many reasons I won't go into.

This does not usurp the literal meaning of the word 'marriage' nor does it mean i'm passing judgement on how others choose to formalise their relationships.

Has that made it clear for you?

These are precious minutes I won't get back.

Russinating · 3 Oct 2018 at 20:49

You can't argue a particularly strong case that civil partnerships should only be reserved for same-sex couples.

As above, marriage has religious connotations to me also, along with a few other minorly negative links to its traditions etc. I think it's a good thing.

RetiredGreyFox · 3 Oct 2018 at 20:52

adidan said:
Has that made it clear for you?

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Yes, you made something up to suit you - fair enough.
Well at least you admitted it which I respect.

adidan · 3 Oct 2018 at 20:54

SexyGreyFox said:
Yes, you made something up to suit you - fair enough.
Well at least you admitted it which I respect.

You are priceless.

RetiredGreyFox · 3 Oct 2018 at 20:58

adidan said:
You are priceless.

Yes I am so now you realise going to a Registry Office is bugger all to do with religion.

adidan · 3 Oct 2018 at 20:59

SexyGreyFox said:
Yes I am so now you realise going to a Registry Office is bugger all to do with religion.

I never said it was. I thought i'd explained this.

Seems to be a touchy subject, i'm sorry if I accidentally hit a nerve.

[FnG]magnolia · 3 Oct 2018 at 21:38

Mixed sex? Any sex would be good!

AMIRITE GUYS?

Angilion · 3 Oct 2018 at 23:46

Mixed sex presumably refers to hermaphrodites. Rare in humans, but it can happen.

ttaskmaster · 3 Oct 2018 at 23:50

[FnG]magnolia said:
Mixed sex? Any sex would be good!

Well, not quite ANY sex, as I'm sure some of my more unsavoury friends will happily step forward to prove to you...
But a 'mixed sex' couple should really have something to do with swinging, have exhausted the Kama Sutra, or something else signifying a widely varied marital curriculum.

adidan said:
'Marriage' invokes a feeling of religion, for me

Oh, that's easily fixed... The McWedding!!

RetiredGreyFox · 4 Oct 2018 at 09:58

ttaskmaster said:
Oh, that's easily fixed... The McWedding!!

Like I said, it's easily fixed by going to a Registry Office where zero religious nonsense is spoken.
People have been getting married for 1000s + 1000s of years without religion being involved.

[FnG]magnolia · 4 Oct 2018 at 10:21

SexyGreyFox said:
People have been getting married for 1000s + 1000s of years without religion being involved.

Uh, have they?

Mixed sex!

Capodecina