Preach to the choir about how lovely Marriage of Convenience is.-Phoenicity
YOU SHOULD USE YOUR TUMBLR FOR ONCE OR EMAIL ME /MESSAGE ME CHILD!!!
*COUGH* WHERE WERE WE? AH YES,
MAWAGE. MAWAGE IS WOT BWINGS US TOGEDER TOODAY. MAWAGE, THAT BLESSED AWANGMENT, THAT DWEAM WIFIN A DWEAM!!!!!!!*COUGH*
ANYWAY, MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE OR OMG I LOVE THIS TROPE!!!
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE IS JUST SO SO HILARIOUS AND ENDEARING TO MEEEEE???? YOU HAVE (USUALLY) TWO PEOPLE WHO FOR SOME SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES ARE LIKE WELP I (PERSON A) HAVE A PROBLEM THAT CAN ONLY BE SOLVED VIA ~MARRIAGE~ AND SADLY IT MUST (USUALLY) BE OF THE PERMANENT VARIETY AND THUS I/YOU/WE HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU (PERSON B) ARE THE ANSWER/NECESSARY PARTY NEEDED FOR THIS PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED!!! AND PERSON B IS LIKE WELP I GUESS I GOTTA??? YES, MARRIAGE IS TOTALLY THE ANSWER. ENTERING INTO A PERMANENT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU (PERSON A) IS THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM BECAUSE MARRIAGE. BUT OF COURSE BOTH PARTIES SWEAR THAT FEELINGS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS AND IT’S STRICTLY A BUSINESS ARRANGEMENT!!!! SURE JAN. SUREEEEEE
AND THEY’RE LIKE “OMG I AM NOW MARRIED TO THEM?!??!” WHICH LEADS TO
A) LIVING IN CLOSE QUARTERS WITH SAID SPOUSE OR
B) PERSON B NOT WANTING THEM TO FEEL ~CONSTRAINED~ AND LIKE WANTING THEM TO HAVE THEIR SPACE AND THUS LIKE NOT TRYING TO CROWD THEM BUT LIKE IN BOTH CASES THEY STILL HAVE TO BE LIKE ~DOMESTIC~
1) SHARING MEALS TOGETHER.
2) HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE LIKE “WELP WE’RE MARRIED AND I JUST LEARNED ABOUT YOUR MIDDLE NAME YESTERDAY TELL ME MOAR~”
3) PERSON A/B REALIZING THAT PERSON B/A IS AN INTERESTING PERSON?
4) INTERACTING THE OTHERS AS A COUPLE BECAUSE OMG WE’RE MARRIED
5) BUYING FURNITURE TOGETHER BECAUSE ~MARRIED~
6) DESIGNING YOUR JOINT LIVING SPACE TOGETHER BECAUSE MARRIED
7) HAVING DEEP OPINIONS ABOUT THE OTHERS TASTES IN MUSIC AND THE OTHER BEING LIKE WELP YOU MARRIED ME GOTTA DEAL WITH IT~~
8) ~AWKWARDLY SHARING A ROOM AT AN INN/HOTEL/ANOTHER PERSON HOUSE BECAUSE~ ~MARRIED~
9) STARING AT THE OTHER PERSON WHEN THEY’RE NOT LOOKING AND GOING “WOW, MARRIAGE IS GREAT I GET TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM AND ISN’T LOVE GRA---FUCK. LOVE. I’M IN LOVE. DAMNIT. WE MADE A DEAL NO FEELINGS!!!! OH GOD, I’M THE ONLY ONE WITH FEELINGS?!?!?!”
10) ENSUE SAD PINING BECAUSE OF UNREQUITED FEELINGS....FROM BOTH PARTIES....BECAUSE SUFFERING TASTES SO SO GOOD.
11) THEN OVER A PARTY, ONE OF THE PEOPLE IS LIKE OH HAI PERSON FROM PAST AND THE OTHER PARTY IS LIKE “OMG THIS IS SOMEONE THAT THIS PERSON COULD BE HAPPY WITH AND OH GOD WE’RE MARRIED BUT NO FEELINGS!!! BUT I LOVE THEM!!! BUT VALUE THEIR HAPPINESS ABOVE MINE!!! LET ME BE DISTANT AND LIKE PROTECT MYSELF FROM HURT!!!!”
12) ENSUE CONFUSION AND ANGST AND THE ENEVITABLE, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS??? BECAUSE I LOVE YOU AND I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND YOU WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THEM!?!?!?!?
13) PAINED SILENCE....YOU LOVE....ME??? YES. I’M SORRY THIS WASN’T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AND I WILL LEAVE AND FAKE MY DEATH BECAUSE OF COURSE THE MARRIAGE CAN’T BE DISSOLVED WITH A DIVORCE BUT ANYWAY YOU CAN GO ON AND LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH THEM AND----
16) FURNITURES GETS BROKEN DUE TO PASSION....UNLESS IT’S LIKE THE REALLY HARDCORE STUFF IN WHICH IT SCUFFS THE FLOOR A LOT.
17) *HOURS LATER*....SO....I GUESS YOU LOVE ME TOO??
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE Y’ALL