I pulled that from another topic because it reminded me of something my mother said to me just before I married my husband.
First let me say that my mother doesnt like my husband. Her dislike for my husband has tempered over the years but it's still there. The few years of my marriage was rocky because I let my parents (mother) interfer, you would think I would have learned from my short first marriage . My poor husband, looking back, I wouldnt have blamed him if he had left my butt.
Anyhoo I recalled my mother saying to me that sex wasnt a good enough reason to get married. I didnt have the heart to tell my mother that I had had a few partners and that I knew at my young age of 27 that sex was not some stable to base a marriage on. My mother then went on to ask me if I was marrying this man to spite her. I told her that my getting married had nothing to do with her. That's right I didnt want to sleep with my mother .
I guess what I'm trying to say here is I think that's it's funny that some jw mothers assume (or perhaps they know from personal experience? hm that's a thought ) that their children are getting married just so we can do it!!
Josie