I have never been married, nor do I have any children.
I grew up around married people. I descend from a whole line of married people. I have friends who are married people. I deeply admire married people, and I think that they tend to be among the happiest folks in the universe.
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but it does not mean that the parties to that institution have actually been institutionalized and administered joint lobotomies where all semblance of individuality and agency has been sucked from them.
My olive-skinned, dark-eyed Italian mother was the aesthetic opposite of my freckled, redheaded Irish father.
Their personalities were also quite different, with mom being generally shy and sweet and my gregarious daddy having that stereotypical Irish temper. In general, they were polar opposites, separate human beings.
Which brings me to the other couple of the week.
Justice Samuel Alito's wife Martha Ann has a penchant for flying flags that annoy liberals.
Predictably, there is now a ridiculous attempt to have Justice Samuel Alito........