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To: andysandmikesmom
Thousands, perhaps millions of marriages take place, which are not about children...people past the age of bearing children, get married...many of child bearing age, cannot have children for any variety of reasons, yet they get married...many people of child bearing age who can have children, chose not to have children...

Taking your line to its conclusion, the only people who should be getting married, are those who are of child bearing age, who will make the choice to bear those children...is that really what you are trying to say?...if so, I find that ridiculous...

Ah, a voice of truth and sanity. You are exactly right. Lots of heterosexual couples get married and produce no children, for reasons you stated. Of course, there are those who heap all kinds of vitriol on childless couples, but I think they're busybodies.

268 posted on 03/18/2007 12:39:44 PM PDT by FixedandDilated
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To: FixedandDilated

Thanks for your kind remarks...

I would agree with you, that those who heap vitriol on childless couples, are nothing but busybodies...

I also find the idea that sex is 'only' for creating children to be equally ridiculous...Certainly, having children is a wonderful result of having sex, but I do believe, that God meant for us to enjoy sex within a marriage, even tho it may produce no children...sex is a way, for the man and woman who are married, to share themselves with one another in the most intimate and wonderful and meaningful way...

In my opinion, if one really believes that sex is nothing but a means to having children, I feel sorry for that person...yet I know that there are those, who believe in exactly that way...too bad, in my opinion...


274 posted on 03/18/2007 12:54:05 PM PDT by andysandmikesmom
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