macrev (11/12/82)
A marriage binds people LEGALLY as well as morally. However, we tend to forget the legal aspects until they are made painfully clear in divorce court. "Love is blind" -- blind to logic, blind to practicality, blind to the pain people cause one another when a marriage fails. Perhaps people should seek legal advice before they get married, especially if they are going into the marriage with property or money of their own. An open, honest approach to these matters is vital. We hear so much about the importance of communication in marriage -- why is it that before we get married we refuse to admit to ourselves or to others that our marriage may well fail sometime in the future? I don't see a need for a contract that spells out who is to do the laundry, but maybe a limited contract would prevent one partner from taking the other to the cleaners. The time to do your thinking about these things is before marriage.