Body modification

Some friends are going through the difficult times of seperation/ divorce as we speak. One family bought a resort property last year, and is in the middle of renovating it. Now they are negotiating on the disposal of the project and how to split their wealth.

Why do we want to get married? Most marriges begin with a ceremony, where fans, friends, and families attend and show their support. They get drunk, screaming and yelling for their side. It's just like what happen in any games, matches, or races.

What are we looking for in a marriage, is it really a competition? We start out as partners working towards a goal, or don't we? What do we want to achieve at the end? Happy together? Not being lonely? A family? A home? Some babies? A peace of mind? Someone to do the plumbing? Love? Sex? Someone to share the flat? A cardboard partner to show your side? Friendship? Someone you can always talk to? Millions of projects that you can't dream off alone? An experience?

The list can go on forever. It's all positive things, it's about changes.

It is however difficult to control changes, much worst, changes of more than oneself. What is built based on a goodwill may not be all that desirable after it is worn off by time. If not addressed properly, a marriage dissolves. At the end, friends and relatives give you sound advise on how to get even, or get the bigger piece of th pie, how to cut your loses.

At this point, we are are talking about true competitons where winning is the name of the game. People are seeking for external help; marrige consultants are useless while lawyers are really on your side. Lawyers shake a marriage inside out and wake both parties up from their dreams, their nightmares, from their human nature. Everthing must be fair and square. Of course, one always wants to get treated with a bit more fairness (at the expense of the others). When things are settled, the ex-couple gets their shares and our lawyer friends get their well-deserved fees.

Love is like a cut on your hand, and marriage is like a tattoo.
"a tattoo is normally forever; what cost you $75 on a drunken revel is likely to cost over $1500 to have removed" - Fashion, a crash course