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Now, I'm still here with the same proposal under my belt. It's very easy to go back in this thread and read your opinions and those who agree with you. But, what really throws me off my rocking chair (I don't have one yet), is that you are already back peddling on your original viewpoint. The only thing you have left is the living together part. If that works, what will you have to support your opinion then? The readers can go back and read the opinions.
I can't be past a 1 wk wonder; that's me. Or give a definition of a 1 wk wonder. I realize I must endure the living together part. I just took a 26-hour train ride with her and I can say I will enjoy the times with my wife and the times when I'm at work. That is marriage. Yet, I know the more difficult times are ahead.
You've had too many Russian girls for me to intellectually respond on your level, which is experience way above my level (good English though).
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Everyone that is happily married meets at some point, and you have to wonder if that had married the very day, would they still be happy?
I would think so. Why not? If two people are right for each other, they are right for each other.
Of course it's unwise to marry someone you just met. I wouldn't advocate it. I might speak out against it. Sometimes it works though. Lot's of wise men end up living their lives alone. ;)
I don't know the full circumstances, but Mark seems happy after two years. I think he spent some time to know his wife before he met her. For some people that is meaningful, for other's it's not. At least he's not on here whining about his disrespectful wife or asking what he should do with his troublesome RW. Good for him.
Maybe the wrong guy was labelled a one week wonder.
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Very kind words.
One of my main goals is to show that people who have tenure on this board are not always experts. Each individual who has experience bases his/her opinion on what they would have done or what they did do or what they are doing at this moment. Now, there are some situations that most experienced and inexperienced people agree that a person is making a mistake. It's the obvious situations such as the guy who laid out his wallet recently.
But, in this thread, some of the opinions were absolutes, they were ficticious facts based upon opinion. Opinions are good and are a way for a person to evaluate their situation. The absolutes in this thread were relevant, not necessarily correct at that time, and now are still there 2 years later. I am only concerned about providing education to the readers and for entertainment purposes, seeing how the individuals with the absolutes, with respect to their opinions, deal with the reality, 2 years later, that the One Week Wonder term, which has been used in a negative way since this thread began, deal with the fact that the process is continuing 2 years later.
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Maybe we should define what a OWW is. In my mind a OWW would be a guy that proposes to a woman on the first trip and doesn't see her again till she gets off the plane in his country. I think Mark was a OWW but then he disqualified himself by going back 5 more times :lol:
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The original question was, "Is it smart to be a one week wonder?"
My answer to that question remains the same as it did two years ago and I still feel that it is a foolish thing to do. You may be right in saying that I am playing both sides in regard to your status as a OWW though. As I have always maintained, I sincerely hope all goes well in your relationship. It was also covered (extensively) that OWW's could succeed, just that it was a risky way to do things.
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