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Should marriage be a lifelong commitment?
Alpha:
Modern style of marriage?
Excuse me, whatever the style, marriage is marriage. We eat "food", in whatever form it might be.
It's either marriage or cohabitation. The difference: marriage is not banal.
$tyli$h Executive:
This modern style of marriage exhibits the most advantages for both the husband and the wife. Its mainly due to the flexibility offered. AND the absence of a lifetime commitment.
MTerdon:
Marriage is by definition a union for life, but since 50% of couples divorce and many more wish to but can't, I think that marriage as a whole is a very poor social model, given the current social environment. It is merely a method of controlling the people, so we are flocked by expenses, mortgages, wedding costs.
O.T.13.:
--- Quote from: MTerdon on February 26, 2010, 04:02:07 pm ---Marriage is by definition a union for life, but since 50% of couples divorce and many more wish to but can't, I think that marriage as a whole is a very poor social model, given the current social environment. It is merely a method of controlling the people, so we are flocked by expenses, mortgages, wedding costs.
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agree with that, but keep in mind that according to yourself, theres another 50% that IS happy and committed
Alpha:
--- Quote from: MTerdon on February 26, 2010, 04:02:07 pm ---Marriage is by definition a union for life, but since 50% of couples divorce and many more wish to but can't, I think that marriage as a whole is a very poor social model, given the current social environment. It is merely a method of controlling the people, so we are flocked by expenses, mortgages, wedding costs.
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That's in America, you've taken the worst example. We can't generalize for the whole world.
America is IN the world, it's not the world.
Okay, I'm quoting what I had replied elsewhere:
Marriage, as a union for life, offers much more. Actually, it's the only thing so far that offers everything: love, attachment, companionship, understanding, friendship, compassion, confidant, courage, satisfaction... Good or bad, you get everything in this union. Marriage deepens one's existence, it beautifies every facet of life, adds more to the journey and helps you get through it more smoothly... Man's biggest weakness is loneliness. Marriage gives you a partner for life, now it's up to you to maintain it. A wife and a husband are each others' best friends. They are each others' shadow, their soul mates. They live through joy, happiness, sadness, deception, hardships, etc. They are each others' courage when the going gets tough, they are each others' reasons, smiles, words, mistakes, achievements. They learn to forgive and share. They learn to forget their own defects and be the support of another. They're their together-forever. The relationship they share is equal to "more than this world and all that it contains"...
Yes, I do agree. It is a method of controlling people. Controlling people from becoming sexual beasts.
--- Quote from: $tyli$h Executive on February 26, 2010, 01:09:50 pm ---This modern style of marriage exhibits the most advantages for both the husband and the wife. Its mainly due to the flexibility offered. AND the absence of a lifetime commitment.
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Advantages? That's advantageous?? Flexibility? Sorry, but that's merely an excuse to keep changing sexual partners without society pointing fingers at you. It's 'using' marriage.
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