Quote: (05-18-2016 04:46 AM)Yurtley Wrote:
Now, long winded posts aside, this is of course just my interpretation. I'm certainly not at his age and maybe when I get there I'll think a little differently. But not only did he get married, he married a feminist. Im not talking about the typical, "womens vote and independance and then dominate me in the bedroom" kind of feminist. She's written (to my knowledge) a couple of articles for Jezebel, one of which explaining her regret/resentment that she stays at home while Bill makes the dough. Nia could easily take another post to explain so I'll leave it there. Bill getting married feels like watching a friend relapse into an addiction, with that level of disappointment. Even though I still love his work and think he's an amazing comedian.
For Bill though, in a battle of wills between his principles and insecurities, the latter finally won.
I appreciate a lot of the points of your post, but in the end, I think that you are being a bit too harsh on Bill, and to some extent you admit the matter in your post in that he is in a different period of his life than you.
I think that it is really difficult for guys, even when we want to, to relate to changes that occur with age.
Surely, as we get older, we can recognize how we thought when we were younger, and how we currently think in a different way, and we thought that we would never think like we do now.
I am around Bills age, and I have had several times in my life where I adjusted some of my views based on my getting older, and I had thought that I was not going to change such views, and some of those views change because of changes in energy levels and testosterone levels and some of them changes with health and senses of mortality, and really it does not seem reasonable to suggest that a guy may have become a bit of a sell out because some of his views and actions have evolved over the years.
Oh, and regarding your point that he was pressured into the matter, and that they may be incompatible based on her more feminist perspective. There may be some truth in what you are saying, but conceded facts speak for themselves, too. Dating and living with someone for 10 years kind of establishes that he knew what he was getting into, and he has found some sufficient commonality in order to find value in the plunge.