[Ayoob]

Just curious.

[Ayoob]

Poll skipped my 4th option. Dammit.

[FreakOil]

How about turning this into a more substantive discussion?

Is it better to be married or single when TSHTF? I'm single, young, healthy and unburdened by a wife and children, which certainly has its advantages. On the other hand, having someone who loves and supports you might make all the difference in a crisis situation.

Thoughts?

[Grifter]

Seperated, less stressed.

Hopefully divorce will be amicable have to wait another year though.

[Cloud9]

It depends on your partner.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'u')nburdened by a wife and children,

[Grifter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', '
')
If we do have a serious crisis, and I believe we will, the last thing we will need is a bunch of lone rangers just interested in takng care of themselves. this is neither the basis for virtue or the long-run reorganization of society in form that we would call "good." What we will need is groups of people working together and caring for one another and that begins with families taking care of one another.

[bl00k]

Hell no i'm not married. Waaay too young for that stuff (20 yrs).
Freedom is what i want, having no one at all is ultimate freedom, but as i now know that having somebody is quite pleasurable thats not anything i aspire.

But children???? No way. That's something for when i'll be old. But i'm not really planning on growing old anytime soon.

Besides, i'm helping the world as a whole by not having kids.

[FoolYap]

Uh, how should we vote if we've divorced and remarried?

--Steve

[dinopello]

Happily divorced, very amicable relative to these things. My ex and I got along OK and she's a good person, but we weren't meant to be married. My friends tried to warn me. Fortunatley, no kids out of that episode. Haven't ruled out trying again some day, armed with experience.

[IslandCrow]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bl00k', 'H')ell no i'm not married. Waaay too young for that stuff (20 yrs).

[WisJim]

Been married for about 35 years, and find that we are able to get a lot more done together than we would have seperately. Our interests mesh very well--for example, I start plants, help prepare the garden and plant things, she does most of the weeding and day to day harvesting, I help can, freeze, etc., I take care of the orchard but she helps pick and process. I do most building projects (now with the help of sons if they are around--youngest is 26), she helps me when I need another set of hands. We built our first house together, with hand tools and very little additional help.

She has been just as enthusiastic as I in preparing for whatever may be coming down the road (since 1973 or so).

She always says that she saves money so that I have larger sums to spend. If I ask if we can afford to have a new roof put on the barn, she tells me to get the cost figured out, and then she tells me where the money is coming from. We might scrimp and seem cheap day to day, but we can always take advantage of any good deals that come along.

[TheTurtle]

Happily married. Two grown children, both of them healthy, bright and competent. All four of us are PO aware and ready for what may come.

I would be far less prepared for what the future brings without my family with me. There is strength in numbers.

[dinopello]

pstarr, you don't need to be married to reap those rewards.

Even without a wife or a partner, I could say I make out in an economic sense because I rent out a room or two in my house. My current roommate is really great, and happens to be young and attractive (not that I fish off the pier) - try that with a wife !

I don't knock marriage though, it can be a wonderful thing.

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'Y')ou can defend marriage purely on an economic measure.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'F')ortunatley, no kids out of that episode.

[jboogy]

Single up to the age of around 26 or 27 , was very happy and thought that was the way to live ,then a girlfriend got pregnant , we got married and it's been wedded bliss, or whatever, ever since that fateful day. I really can't complain, children change your life completely and I love being a Dad and the wifey has been a joy all in all.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'F')ortunatley, no kids out of that episode.

[basil_hayden]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '
')I don't knock marriage though, it can be a wonderful thing.