Have you ever used a mouse trap?

@sol_cee (38219)
Philippines
October 25, 2022 6:23pm CST
I reconnected with my high school friends thru our GC or group chat and a serious topic came up because one classmate said he has no plans of tying the knot. And that the woman he is currently living in can’t be called his wife because they’re not married. You see in my country, married or not, if you’re living together, people refer to your partner as your ‘husband’ or ‘wife’. But him saying that caused some female classmates to cry foul at how insensitive his words were. Others asked why he couldn’t offer marriage to the mother of his kids. He plainly said marriage is a trap. Then I saw this photo.
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@DaddyEvil (138209)
• United States
26 Oct 22
I use the mouse traps to catch mice, yes... And I've been trapped twice but escaped both times... not without cost, though. And yes, some women do trap a guy who really doesn't want to get married. My state doesn't recognize "common law husband and wife" no matter how long you live together.
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@DaddyEvil (138209)
• United States
26 Oct 22
@MrDenata Yes... I was married the first time for seven years and the second time for six months.
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@MrDenata (12537)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 22
Trapped twice
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@MrDenata (12537)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 22
@DaddyEvil you already told me that, DE. So, looks like youre so busy lately?
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@jobelbojel (36319)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
I was almost trapped. No more further details. If the guy wants to marry her he could have done it many years ago. I think it is no a trap if they loved each other and they are both complete.
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@DaddyEvil (138209)
• United States
26 Oct 22
Don't listen to @sol_cee... She just wants all the juicy details... Ofc, you could just tell @MrDenata and I the interesting details and leave that nosy lady out of it.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
Nope, you can’t open about that and not share some details. Just kidding. I hope you’re okay?
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@MrDenata (12537)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 22
@sol_cee S, youre naughty but yes Bojel we need more details LOL but kidding ofc Bro @jobelbojel
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@youless (112621)
• Guangzhou, China
26 Oct 22
I think that piece of paper still matters. At least it is legal and that means to say in law as a spouser, you have more rights.
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@youless (112621)
• Guangzhou, China
27 Oct 22
@sol_cee No, I don't. It seems it is a nice TV series.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
Lol do you know there’s a famous soap opera here called The Legal Wife?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Oct 22
@youless It was a hit and was the reason other soap operas with the same theme started sprouting
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@JudyEv (342668)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Oct 22
More and more it seems aren't getting married. It can sometimes make for legal complications later but no-one seems to worry about such things.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
In here, it’s the kids who get affected when parents don’t get married especially when kids start to go to school. Schools ask for many documents including birth certificates or marriage contacts of the child’s parents
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
26 Oct 22
Sounds like he really doesn't understand marriage. I have used many mouse traps over the years.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
I remember him being a sweet boy when we classmates. I dunno what made him so jaded about marriage
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Oct 22
@sol_cee We never know what some have been through.
@MrDenata (12537)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 22
S, what was the question again? I'm sorry my english is broken
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@DaddyEvil (138209)
• United States
26 Oct 22
The question was... why did it take you so long to marry your sweet and beautiful wife?
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@DaddyEvil (138209)
• United States
26 Oct 22
@MrDenata Uh huh... and is that the story she'll tell me one of these days when I meet her either in person or on myLot?
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@MrDenata (12537)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 22
@DaddyEvil me? You heard the wrong infos DE. I married my wife after 3 months of proposing her. I'm sick and tired of long relationship that endep with nothing. So, after i met my wife, i asked here to marry me and 3 months after that i met her parents and we got married.
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@much2say (56535)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Nov 22
I do know people who would say the same - about marriage being a trap. True for some, but not all. I don't know how the relationship of this couple is, but if he has kids with her and they live together, well that's kinda sad he says that. But I don't know them. We almost had to use a mouse trap like 2 years ago for the garage. Instead we were able to find where the mice were coming in and closed the holes up - they never came back in. I wouldn't want to find a mouse in a trap .
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@much2say (56535)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Nov 22
@sol_cee The guy felt trapped in the conversation .
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
3 Nov 22
@much2say he freed himself from all the judgement
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
2 Nov 22
Lol the people in the convo ended up arguing and the trap guy left the group chat
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@allknowing (138431)
• India
27 Oct 22
For the sake of the children one should get married. No I was not trapped and nor did I trap my husband. And yes I have used rat traps.
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@allknowing (138431)
• India
3 Nov 22
@sol_cee Living relationship is fine as long as they do not produce children.
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
3 Nov 22
I’m sure a lot of ‘independent’ men and women would disagree with you on that
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@LadyDuck (472253)
• Switzerland
26 Oct 22
Nice photo. My niece does not want to get married. She lived with her partner from 6 years already, they have a baby (almost two), but they are both against marriage.
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@LadyDuck (472253)
• Switzerland
27 Oct 22
@sol_cee She was never pro marriage and she is right. There are so many advantages not being married, first of all you pay less taxes, because the earnings of a married couples are "combined". My husband and I would have loved to live together without getting married, but in the 1970 couples had to get married to live together.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
Cecilia? Oh wow, what changed her mind?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Oct 22
@LadyDuck what would have happened if you lived together without getting married? Would the police have arrested you or something?
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@cacay1 (83614)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
26 Oct 22
There are people who prefer to live together under one roof no interest to tie a knot. That might be their agreement.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
Yeah, it’s very common in our country.
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@cacay1 (83614)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Oct 22
@sol_cee, yes and they make a sideline love affair
@just4him (317721)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Oct 22
I'm sorry he feels that way.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
3 Nov 22
I kind of like felt for him when he left the gc
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@Deepizzaguy (104768)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Oct 22
My relatives and myself used a mouse trap when we lived in a section of Lake Charles that had a small population of mice who would meet their end at the hands of my cat Burt who would go outside for a walk and when he would come back to get inside the house, he would have a mouse in his mouth. Now that we live away from the river that was near a water plant, no mice in our neighborhood.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
Ohhh Burt was a catcher. Where’s he now?
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@Deepizzaguy (104768)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Oct 22
@sol_cee Burt is likely inside the home since he is the only cat that like to take a walk outside during the day and night.
@aninditasen (16522)
• Raurkela, India
26 Oct 22
I don't appreciate live in relationships and children out of them for in India such children are not accepted as legal heirs.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
Ohhh I didn’t know that this also happens in India.
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@aninditasen (16522)
• Raurkela, India
28 Oct 22
@sol_cee Yes, as live in relationship has been legalized by the Indian court but the progeny won't get their legal rights from their parents.
@Treborika (17853)
• Mombasa, Kenya
26 Oct 22
In our country when partners live together for a period of three months they are legally a husband and a wife.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
Wow, that’s something I’ve never heard before
@kaylachan (72746)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Oct 22
If he doesn't want to tie the knot he doesn't have to. But, he could if he wants. It's funny. My husband and I would call each other husband/wife, before we married. And, we still do now that we are, obviously. I see no harm in it.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
Nobody can actually force him to marry his common law wife of ten years. It’s just sad how he views her and how he talks about her like she isn’t important. You call each other husband/wife? That’s a cute term of endearment
@koopharper (7601)
• Canada
26 Oct 22
In Canada, if you live with your partner for a year or more as a couple you are considered living common law and have most of the legal protections of married couples.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
I wish it is like that here
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@RebeccasFarm (90579)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 Oct 22
Hmm he should have married the woman. Yes the photo says it all.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Oct 22
That was what everyone was implying in the gc and I felt like he was put on the spot.
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