Marriage, supposedly a wonderful union, and something we are all expected to do at some point in our lives. But I started wondering, how many of my friends, who all claim to love me so dearly, would actually marry me. So I asked them, and pretty much everyone else I know, and don't really know that well too. And many of the reactions I got were priceless. A couple of trends I noticed, were that females tended to think about the question rationally, while males tended to either a) freak out at the thought of commitment (even though this was an entirely hypothetical survey-I don't really want to marry any of you), or b) be a little too flattered at the fact that some not-entirely-hideous girl was proposing to them, and answer without really considering whether they could stand living with me or not. The question did generate some interesting discussion though, so I have typed up all the results for your viewing pleasure.
results
Female #1: a straight yes
Female #2: No, but I would live with you in common law, as long as we understood that our relationship was not monogamous
Dr. Monocle: Well first, it would have to be after college. Then you'd have to go to BYU to learn to be my wife. It really depends on how much you'd be willing to cook and clean and bear children.
Jedi Piper: Yes!
Elfie: Yes!
My other half: Yes!
Female #3: (uncertainly) Sure…(accompanied by a strange look)
The Grand Drum Major of the Universe (a short pause) of course! I don't know: (uncertainly) Sure…
My Cabana Boy: Of course, do you even have to ask?
Male #1: (grins) sure why not
Male #2: sure why not (later, M1 and M2 were announcing to our physics teach that they had been proposed to, and he promptly told me that I had bad taste, so I explained that I was proposing to everyone and they told me that I had broken their hearts, and they no longer felt special)
Male #3: (gives me a strange look) alright
Bob the Transcendentalist: okay (after I explained to her that I understood that lesbian marriages were illegal, and that it was only a hypothetical question.)
Female #5: sure
Female #6: sure, why not
Aiko: definitely no (accompanied by an "if you ever ask me that again I will KILL you" look)
Thom: (becomes very flustered, apparently looking for a door to bolt to) "Under what circumstances?" "Any circumstances" "that's kind of broad" (pauses again) "do you recycle" "yes" "well then no"
Female #7: "Could I cheat on you" "I guess" "Sure, why not. We're going to share a flat together someday, that's pretty close to being married"
Female #8: Maybe…probably not. I love you to death, but you're notreally my type.
Female #9: (pauses for a second) Yeah!
Female #10: Oh yeah, of course
Female #11: (completely freaks out) Why are you asking me this question? No! I never want to get married, ever!
The First Violin Section Muffin: If there were no men left on earth to marry, yeah, then I'd marry you.
Male #4: Sure
Male #5 (a freshman): What does hypothetically mean? (I proceed to explain it to him) Okay.
Male #6 (a senior):What does hypothetically mean? (I then explain it to him) What did male #5 say? (grins a little) Sure!
Male #7 (a freshman): So what does hypothetically mean? (all three of us try to explain it to him) Sure! (grins a little too much, ugh)
Males #8,9,10: um… I don't know
Male #11: "Is there a right answer to this?" "No." "No, I guess." (thom, who is sitting right there then interjects "at least I had a reason")
Male #12: Hypothetically? Of course!
Female #12: (overhears conversation) I'll marry you!
Female #13: Sure, especially if you take over the world.
Female #14: Depends where you take me on the honeymoon. (I guess Aiko's criteria of "anywhere we can screw" doesn't apply to everyone.)
--psycho girl