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To: Melas
The goal should be to reduce the number of unhappy marriages, not to bar the exit.

DINGDINGDINGDING! We have a winner. Now comes the easy part... how do you make people satisfied with what they've got?

425 posted on 07/05/2005 12:20:18 PM PDT by papertyger (Power concedes nothing without a demand. – Frederick Douglass)
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To: papertyger
Now comes the easy part... how do you make people satisfied with what they've got?

Ah, and ain't that the crux of the matter? Most folks don't get married thinking "Oh, I can always get divorced if things don't work out", after all. They love each other...I just think a lot of folks get caught up in the mundane, day to day routine and mistakenly assume that by changing their partner - either the one they have or simply getting another one - will magically cure what ails them.

They forget...bored people are often boring themselves, and looking outside the marriage for a way to fix the problems IN the marriage is just ASKING for trouble, imo.

For the record, that seems to be an ailment suffered by a lot of men and women both...it just gets acted on differently.

437 posted on 07/05/2005 12:40:17 PM PDT by exnavychick (There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart?)
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To: papertyger

Man, I hate to say it, but I think that would take an entire cultural overall. If there is an area where other cultures have us beat, and a lot of cultures have us beat on this issue, it's being satisfied. We've created a culture where we're never satisfied with anything. We're the ultimate consumers, always wanting more.


510 posted on 07/05/2005 2:47:17 PM PDT by Melas (Lives in state of disbelief)
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