Plan B

... and no, I'm not talking about the emergency contraceptive.

I'm talking about the fall back plans people make when the first fall-in-love-and-marry-the-person-of-my-dreams plan doesn't work out exactly as planned.

Some vow they will just stop trying if they reach a certain age and remain unmarried. Others may decide they'll settle for the next least offensive person who walks through their door. And some make pacts with friends, agreeing that if neither of them are married by a certain age, they then will marry each other.

The problem with Plan B, though -- and this really applies to all Plan Bs -- is that it's a second choice, the not preferred option to go with. Does this mean that, ultimately, people who choose to carry out Plan B are doomed to be unhappy because it is not what they really wanted?

On the flip side, you could argue that having some choice is better than no choice at all because at least then you have some control over the situation.

Do you have a Plan B? What is it? Do you think it will make you happy? Have you or anyone you know gone through with a Plan B? How did it work out?