posted by Nk. at 12:36 PM

yesterday cecille, jinky and i were talking. cecille, in one of her spontaneous bursts of intelligence, came up with a brilliant idea. why not make marriage "renewable"? renewable here meaning that sort of thing you apply to job contracts when you have a satisfactory performance. if you pass, then another six months. if you suck, it's over.

why not indeed?

i mean, i'd certainly go for that. like i meet someone who totally sweeps me off my feet this month, and consequently destroys what's left of my mental faculties the next. everything's fairy-taley. i lose my sanity and end up exchanging marriage vows with the guy. and then i find out some months later that he likes eating dogs. or insects. or live bugs. or okay, *gasp* babies.

with a renewable marriage, i can end the contract and dump him. or ship him off to timbuktu or antarctica with facemask ala hannibal and then get married again to some guy who hates bugs, loves dogs, and loves the act of making babies. makes perfect sense right?

also, wouldn't it be nice if you can take a vacation leave too? consider this:

wife: i'm taking a VL.

husband: why?

wife: well we've plowed through the whole kama sutra three times already. i'm bored. besides, you snore like a gadamn pig. i haven't had a decent sleep in 3 months.

so a vacation leave is a fine idea right? you don't just take off without any reason or warning, for your husband or wife to find you frolicking in boracay with some sunburned dude or some woman who likes lipo. at least with a renewable marriage, you shouldn't have to be surprised. it's a vacation leave afterall, not a retreat.

and the beauty of it is that if everything's satisfactory, you can always renew every six months! you know, like a job well done. you renew your contract nonstop, without any major glitch (sure you needed that vacation leave and dated your hottie ex for a week but you found out your wife was so much better didn't you) and voila, you get "permanent status"! marvelous.

i wonder if miriam would like this idea.