Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play

[Drich]

There's a difference between blind faith and 'faith' that's built upon actual experience and probability.  

What makes you think blind faith is required?

You (should) know this, and you're (likely) intentionally conflating the two.

If blind faith is not required, then how can I have 'conflated anything?

People usually, you know, take the time to know each other first before getting married Not all the time, to be sure, and perhaps they're not honest during the courtship phase, or maybe there are warning signs, but one person in the couple thinks they can 'fix' the other, but generally, there's a fair amount of time spent in the presence of the other person. Enough time so each person in the couple can learn to predict what future choices might result in based on past interactions. It's not 100% fool proof. People are always unpredictable to a certain extent, but it's built on pattern recognition and the probability of a resultant behavior based on each pattern.

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lol.. not married yet huh?
Well, after the first decade or so one starts to notice changes in themselves and in who they married. The long and short of it is you are not the same person that you were when you were dating. neither of you are.
Like wise your Understanding of God matures quite a bit after a 'few' years of getting to know Him and how He works. you will look back at your initial sunday school understanding and wonder why God did not strike you down for the sheer stupidity of your understanding and efforts. To know God, to have a relationship with Him is not the one way street you are describing. It works like any other relationship you might have.. Minus the manipulation that you seem to have in your relationships.

Not coincidentally (but anecdotally), the people in my life who have been happily married for years are those people that spent a long time in the courtship phase, to the point where they were essentially married without holding the certificate.  

It's not at all like the faith you're describing.  It's not blind acceptance and hope.  It's a faith built on actual interactions with a separate being that actually exists.

you don't seem to understand the basics I am describing... Maybe you should go back and actually read what I have written rather than try and shot gun a general anti theistic response.