it's a free country; you can post whatever you want

at least that's what i heard. so i'm going to do it: i'm going to post whatever i want.
starting with this conversation i overheard:

(ps, i made up all the names to hide identities)
(pss, i think this is actually a poem; you can tell because of the elizabeth barrett browning reference)

browning: man, i think you're the one who wants to marry him
natasha: haha, i dont
b: i wasnt calling you man either
n: actually, there are probably enough things about him why any reasonable
person might not want to marry him
but
they have been dating on and off for like 4 years
at this point i say just go for it
because you obviously arent breaking up
b: or not get married
and just keep dating
since marriages dont matter,
right?
n: no,
marriages matter, but they are just dating and its a mess
b: marriages dont matter; they could move in together
i mean, i guess if they want to be married in the temple, then marriage makes sense
n: i think a fair statement is marriages dont matter to you
but
for 95% of the population they still kind of matter
b: that's way too high of a percentage
n: im not sure
seems like everyone is doing it
or does it at least once
but
even if people dont do it
doesnt mean it doesnt matter to them
b: even if people do get married, it doesnt mean that marriage matters to them
n: that's such a stupid thing to say, idiot
because for some reason they got married
so maybe it mattered to whoever they married so therefore it mattered to them
b: maybe they felt pressured into it
or they were trying to scam them
or they just did it for the money
or they got pregnant
so maybe it matters
but not in the same way you're trying to state that it matters
and it really hurts my feelings when you call me an idiot
n: what about if i called you retarded instead? because you seriously are most of the time
i didnt state the reasons behind it mattering
i just said it did
and you said it didnt
most poeple get married
thats all i was saying
b: not most people
you gotta remember that there's an entire world outside of the us
n: whatever
you dont want to get married, i get it
but i dont think you can make this argument that it doesnt matter
and that everyone hates their marriages
b: well,
i'm not
i'm saying that it doesn't matter in a way
like
there are other valid ways to establish a committed relationship
marriage is one of the ways
but it comes with it's own set of assumptions that can cause problems
n: so perhaps you could just say you dont want to get married
and you dont think you need to
because it causes problems
b: but my entire point is is that mary and my cousin look a like dont need to get married either
but they can if they want to
n: whatever
you are impossible sometimes
b: whatever