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How to use the word alimony in a Sentence?

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Marriage: What is marriage? Marriage is a legally and socially sanctioned union regulated by laws, rules, beliefs, customs, and attitudes. You see the task you perform when your married are the same task you perform when your not married, so is there really any reason to get married, no. Its just something people do for attention and entertainment. People are too unstable and unpredictable, you never know if the person you want to marry is good or bad. I don't think marriage is safe, I don't think its worth the risk. You never know how its going to end, in success or tragedy. You could become a victim of violence, you could end up in the courtroom for years arguing over who gets custody of the children, how much your going to pay in child support, how much your going to pay in alimony, and who gets what possessions. It's stressful and a waste of your life. You don't need a marriage certificate, a wedding dress, a fancy, expensive ring, a big ceremony, or a honeymoon to show your loyalty, respect, and love to someone. Qualities like loyalty, respect, and love come from always doing what's just, not from getting married and having children.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
3 years ago

You never realize how short a month is until you have to pay alimony.

– John Barrymore

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.

– Groucho Marx

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Even holligans marry, though they know that marriage is but for a little while. It is alimony that is forever.

– Quentin Crisp

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Alimony: the ransom the happy pay to the devil.

– H. L. Mencken

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Alimony is a system by which, when two people make a mistake, one of them keeps paying for it.

– Peggy Joyce

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.

– Arthur Baer

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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