The person you promised to cherish did not start this recession

To the editor,

Llately, I hear of more people with shaky marriages wanting to throw in the towel and call it quits. Before you throw everything away, look at the one you promised to love honor and cherish, through richer and poorer, sickness and health, so help you God. . .

Take a good look. Just because the economy sucks and you can't see an end to the current problems our current government got us into, you have to remember that you are not the only ones facing all this stress. The grass is NOT always greener on the other side of the fence, and the trade-in value for another person is not the answer to weathering the storm. Sure the sex may be great at first, but once that gets old, what have you created for yourself besides more bills in the form of alimoney, and believe me if you thought you had it rough supporting one house, wait till you have to support two.

More fights in a marriage are over money. Why fight about it? You can't do anything about it, so relax. If you have to lose your home because you can't pay for it, then you had best think of shrinkng your home and moving in with friends and/or relatives. Before you take that gun out of the closet, learn how to count to ten and better yet, take a long walk. The prisons are full enough without you adding to the population because of a bad flair up of a temper.

Just remember, that partner you promised to spend the rest of your life with did not cause the problems in this country, unless she is an elected official, in which case, throw them out.

Bev Buker

Gilford