edward_the_l0ngshanks

I've just finished doing taxes for this year and I'm sick to my stomach as usual. But I went in and fiddled a bit to find that if my wife and I filed as single, we would owe $5000 less in taxes! I've heard of the marriage penalty but that's insane. I figure that no matter what congress does to "eliminate" the marriage tax, that will never happen until both incomes are measured on the tax bracket separately. That is, say I earn $128,000 and my wife earns $50,000. If she were single, she would only pay taxes in the range of 10% to 25% but since she is married, her income is lopped on top of mine and therefore it is taxed at 28%. I'm seriously considering a divorce (as in state law) and cohabitating.

I guess my question is what are the "rules" for marriage under God's law (Christian). Would God still consider us married? If not, why?

If you read the news, you would think that one out of two homes in America have a For Sale sign in the front yard and every other home is listed in the Foreclosure section of the newspaper. Personally, I'm not seeing it here in Atlanta, GA. Besides the idiot homebuying markets such as LA, DC, Las Vegas, and Manhattan, is anyone else seeing a bust or is the media trying to "create" the news?

When you see the same questions over and over and over again, what's the point? most of the time the answers are meaningless, 2-word replies. Should it be renamed to Yahoo Opinions?

Does absence make the heart grow fonder ... or yonder. Personally I am digging Heroes right now and I'm not so sure I'm going to like the new 10:00 time. Thoughts?

I don't mean two people working a nine to five. I mean 2 work-a-holics aspiring for a bigger and better career such as maybe you are a lawyer and she is a software consultant. Both jobs require extra hours, a lot of "networking", and constant education. Yet you have a kid than means one of you has to be home by 6PM to pick them up from daycare, fix dinner, etc.

Can it work? Anyone have success stories where you are happy with your job, your marriage, and your family? Right now, I'm not happy with either.

Thanks.

Golf equipment "technology" seems to be the biggest scam ever.

So I'm changing in the locker room when I hear this man with a nasal voice and a half lisp talking on the phone about how "fabulous" his new curtains look. Obviously a flaming homosexual, right? Anyway, no big deal. It's Atlanta and gay men are as common as a drag queen at a Celine Dion concert. But I start to wonder: do gay men like to "sneak a peek"? So another guy comes out of the shower and whips off his towel to finish drying off. I glance over at the gay man, and sure enough he is oggling the other guy with a big smirk on his face.

So now I wonder, if a gay man can come into the men's locker room and get his voyeuristic jollies, why can't I go into the women's locker room and do the same? Either there should be two more locker rooms for gay men and gay women, or there should be only one locker room for everyone.

I was one of those late bloomers. Clumsy, zits, no athletic ability. I've had less girlfriends than I can count on one hand. One of those girlfriends who I met when I was 17, I ended up marrying. Today, though, I am not the same person. After braces, some corrective jaw surgery, an MBA, an understanding of nutrition, and an intense 5-day a week workout schedule, I'm what you might call a good catch. I'm not that shy teenager anymore. And I've learned to actually look at women and notice - some pretty attractive ones are checking me out.

The problem is that I love my wife - truly and deeply but flirting around is such a testosterone buzz!!! I asked this question earlier:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Am8hw...

and the consensus is I haven't cheated on my wife. Is there a happy medium? Can I still somehow experience the single man life (and boost my self esteem) or does marriage have to = testosterone death?

I had lunch with an attractive woman I met at a local Toastmasters meeting and we've both shown mutual interest in each other. If I were single, I would hit it like the hand of an angry God! But I'm married, so I didn't pursue it any further and just flirted over some chicken chou mein. But by most accounts, just because I had lunch with the woman without my wife's knowledge, I've cheated already. If that's the case and I've already cheated, should I just go ahead and do the deed? After all, I'm a worthless, lying, cheating SOB with no feelings for my wife, right?