I love marriage.  Some people see marriage as a form of oppression, others as a really awful thing that humans inexplicably do even though it continuously makes them miserable.  But for me, marriage provides great freedom.  Timsy and I are coming up on our three year anniversary, and these have easily been the three greatest years of my life.  If this sounds flowery and sentimental, good.  Marriage is one of the greatest things in the world, and I am tired of all the cynical remarks and little sarcastic quips that people make about it.  This is not to say that I like the shallow, trite portrayals of romance and marriage that Hollywood and romance authors generally have to offer, only that marriage has made my life a million times better than it ever was before.