[Asclepius]

There are still quite a few men out there who are “the marrying kind”—men inspired by their Christian worldview.

Indeed. Because Jewish men never want to marry, especially not Orthodox Jews.
I got married--and intend to stay married--not because I was inspired by some Nazarene Rabbi marytered by the Romans, but because I was inspired by A., my wife. I wanted to have her and I wanted no one else to have her, as backward, reactionary, and regressive as that may sound.

[roadcat]

I wanted to have her and I wanted no one else to have her, as backward, reactionary, and regressive as that may sound.

Sounds like the best answer! A lot of people get married because they want money, or children, or they're copying their friends, or parental pressure, etc. I don't know why I proposed to my wife, I just wanted her and blurted it out one day. We're lucky, been married 29 years. We started out dirt poor with absolutely nothing and everything we have now, came from working together to obtain it.

A lot of young people haven't figured this out - they're waiting until they have a career or money or house, looks, whatever, before proposing, and they often wait too long and are never happy. What works best is to compromise and work together and God will help provide the rest.

[Mr. Silverback]

Breakpoint is a column that daily discusses the Christian worldview, written by an expert on the Christian worldview, hosted on a Christian worldview ministry site and broadcast on Christain radio stations, and he mentions the Christian worldview while discussing a book about the effect of the Christian wordlview on marriage.

Are you being a little touchy, perhaps?

[luckystarmom]

I think my husband married me for the same reason. Plus, I was the first (and last) republican woman he ever dated.