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I strongly suspected my first marriage was a mistake before we even said, "I do," but I didn't trust my decision making enough to call it off. I went through with it and hoped my intuition was wrong. It wasn't.
Second marriage was a not really a marriage. My first experience was so horrible I wanted nothing to do with traditional marriage again. I was friends with a woman and we got along well, but she had lots of health problems, including pain drug addiction. I married her so she could get health insurance and I thought I could help her with her addiction. Her father once asked me, "Did you really think you would have a normal marriage with her?" and I said, "Of course not. I don't want a normal marriage." We got along OK but her health problems and her addiction got worse. She moved away and went back to depending on the SSI. As far as I know she is still alive, but I haven't heard from her in years.
Looking back I figure my first two marriages cost me somewhere close to a million dollars. Expensive lessons.
Current wife - we'd know each other for 11 years and were really good friends before we decided to get married. I found out I really do like married life - at least with her. It was the best decision I've ever made. I've never been so happy.
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