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Marriage really fascinates me. Marriage is an institute that is very hard to understand. Two people enter into a lifelong partnership and give vows to love each other till death do them part.
Yet as they live, the love dwindles and it is only a skeleton that remains. People stay together due to habit rather than love. All the endearments soon disappears. With some it becomes like role acting. They act the parts so well. “I love you!” is repeatedly said. It is as if they fear being detected.
The spouses cheat at any slight opportunity. Unfaithfulness becomes the order of the day.
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Question of
Do you believe in marriage?
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Yes
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No
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Maybe yes or no
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Question of
Are you married?
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Yes
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No
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Am thinking about it
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Question of
Have you ever been unfaithful?
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Yes
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No
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Am not sure
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Question of
Do you look at others when you are with your partner?
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Yes
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No
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Maybe Once or twice
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Question of
Were you given the opportunity to divorce and remarry. Will you marry your present partner?
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Yes
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No
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You know people get married for various reasons. Some are lonely and need somebody to be with. Others are after wealth. Some trap the would be spouses
I’ve been a widow for 19 years. I totally agree with you. The fall in love is mine, but there are various problems. People today can not talk.
19 years is a long time pal. I salute you.
Communication has died in many marriages. We take our spouses for granted.
You are either married or not. My belief is being faithful.
It is true my friend. Being faithful is key in all marriages.
Satan does not sleep though. He makes spouses separate due to jobs and goes ahead to tempt them.
Internet has also stolen much soup from marriages leaving only skeletons.
Models have also become our role models and we want to act just as they do, jumping from bed to bed and from partner to partner.
When you marry, it’s really all right … all the buzz words before the altar … a happy marriage is a completely different story … the paper is carrying everything
I grieve to see this
I grieve to see battles in court
I grieve to see spouse murderinh spouse.
I grieve to watch the news.
I grieve, I grieve, I grieve
Am sore with grieving.
Hmm, thankfully I do not live in such a marriage.
We thank God that we have good marriages despite all these. We thank God for them.
I do not find myself in this type of marriage! ?
The marriages do exist. I have had to do coynselling to many couples like these
The other side of marriage is done well it is a partnership. You find yourself over time maintaining the original romantic love, but now add a more gentle and strong friendship.
Right there. One more thing is you pray for the marriage institution
It is hard work. I think today people are far too willing to pull the cord and be done.
What is the cause for all these really?
I think you can look to three things (IMHO)
1. Look online – people don’t restrain themselves online, they say anything. That doesn’t do well in a relationship.
2. People are connected all the time, they don’t have the ability as easily of separating from the world. That makes a partnership harder.
3, Once upon a tie, there was a stigma around divorce. Now more than 1/2 of couples just do.
I wish this were easier honestly. But it isn’t.
I agree with you wholly @DocAnderson