meldy

What the......?

Is this a result of the overall dispassionate attitude towards life in general of modern society?

Thoughts?

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meldy

Too female for y'all on this male dominated board?

Or just no comments on disposable marriages?

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Neo

Feminists...

Well, the term "'til death do us part" is an optimistic phrase that is one of the vows of marriage used to denote the dedication of each parter throughout the rest of their lives.

Would you rather they write "'til the dominant woman gets fed up with the pathetic man?"

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playstation60

You do realize that you posted the story before the ass crack of dawn, and then asked why there were no response shortly thereafter, right?

Anyhow, I think it is awful. Marriage is a big deal. It SHOULD NEVER be entered in to lightly. I think the woman in the story is an idiot and she is just another example of what's wrong with this country and this society. Without giving the man she swore to honor and cherish for the rest of her life a chance she ruined his life. He will never be the same. She seems oblivious to the ramifications of her actions beyond "I felt bad for hurting his feelings".

Adjective Ocean

What of it? I find it's a phrase that's not as respected as it should be. Contrary to popular belief, people can live together for a lifetime. However, due to a fairly sudden shift in values (both for the better and worse) the idea of marriage is viewed to be near impossible. Being young, I admittedly can't say how it is to be married, but I do know its possible as there have been couples who've stayed together. I'd also reason that it's a task that not everyone can take, but to view it to be inefficient strikes me as a horribly ignorant idea.

meldy

I posted at 7 Pm my time?
So you must run some pretty wierd hours for that to be the ass crack of dawn (the phrase made me giggle though!)

And I totally agree playstation60.

I dont understand how something as serious and lifechanging as marriage can be treated like a casual fling.

Too many people planning weddings and not marriages I think.

And I dont think it has anything to do with Pathetic men or dominant women...although in truth I do feel a bit sorry for men in todays society.
They cant win...if they are sensitive invariably a woman wants a manly man....if they are manly they arent sensitive enough.....

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Hodge

Yeah. Us men have it so bad. We only have control of society and can pretty much do what we want without being judged negatively for it.

God. We have it so bad.

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meldy

Umm....ya THAT is what I was talking about

Considering this is a thread concerning marriage and therefore relationships it's safe to assume I was referring to the difficulty in forming and maintaining a relationship.

It's not like 60 yrs ago...where the rules where clear.

Now men are damned if they dont open the door and damned if they do.
Depending on the woman.


As far as control over society...maybe..but that is a totally different subject and belongs in a totally different thread.

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Hodge

That's such a stereotype.

Maybe if men would get off their sexist asses and realize that, hey, women are first and foremost people (as opposed to a pair of breasts and a vagina), then maybe there wouldn't be problems.

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Neo

I am incapable of doing that myself, Hodge. It's not my fault.

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americanwriter

I think a revision is in order. How about "Til death by natural causes do us part"?

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ClancyBoy

Not toward life, but toward people in general.

Moderns are at once both desperately lonely and deathly afraid of other people.

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meldy

ClancyBoy please explain further.

If that is the case (and I dont know if it is or not) then why get married at all?

Why doesnt everyone just lock themselves at home and huddle up and die?

I think people are social by nature so your "deathly afraid of other people' conflicts with that......

(I am not trying to be antagonistic....just looking for expansion on the idea. Thanks)

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Nillani

I agree with meldy. marriage is a big deal, and should be treated as a life thing, not just a temporary thing that a person can end at the signing of some papers. and what's more - it is actually possible. my parents have been married about 17 years, i think, and have 4 kids (of which i am the oldest) and will never split. (And please don't say that it's just because I'm nieve and it could happen but i just never saw it, because i know my parents are good decent people who love each other.)

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Hodge

And of course divorcees are awful people who never loved each other.

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