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Marriage -- It Really Is a Beautiful Thing
Fox News.com ^ | August 10, 2011 | Steven Crowder

Posted on 08/10/2011 12:59:00 PM PDT by Kaslin

Yes folks, I think that marriage is pretty important. That however, is really just an opinion. I came to said opinion this weekend, when my good-hearted (albeit hairy) brother said “I do.”

Sure, I’d attended weddings before, but this was the first time that I’d witnessed two young adults truly do it properly.

They weren’t shacking up, and my brother "wasn’t milking any cows" (to quote my grandmother).

As my brother’s luminescent face transitioned to a cousin Eddie-like expression of anticipation, every single one of us in attendance understood that we were witnessing something special, something meaningful.

In my opinion, that’s a beautiful thing.

What’s not a matter of opinion, however, is that when it comes to marriage, we’ve all been lied to. Far from the miserable, broke, sexless life that it’s made out to be, the life of today’s married man is more fulfilling than any lonely, self-pleasing, single guy could hope for. So to all of you cads and good-time gals out there, read on and take note.

Myth Number One: Over Half of Today's Marriages Fail!

Social leftists love to perpetuate this lie (about marriages failing) and for one simple reason; if you can devalue the practice of marriage by deeming it nothing more than a hopeless crapshoot of an endeavor, you can, then, open the floodgates to manipulating both its standards and importance in society.

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1 posted on 08/10/2011 12:59:02 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

ping for later.


2 posted on 08/10/2011 1:08:42 PM PDT by paudio (The 0bama Downgrade Two (a possible sequel to the current horror movie))
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To: Kaslin
This article would be valuable if it had citations to source documentation, but for the most part, it does not.

Worse, in a comment about how divorce is increasingly rare, hovering over the word brings up a bubble advertising divorce lawyers.

3 posted on 08/10/2011 1:10:18 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (GunWalker: Arming "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as well funded")
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To: Kaslin

Lovely article! I knew I liked being married......it’s a beautiful thing. :)


4 posted on 08/10/2011 1:11:20 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star winner!)
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To: Carry_Okie

If you click on the comments in question, there is documentation of the sources.


5 posted on 08/10/2011 1:12:30 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star winner!)
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To: Kaslin
There is a new study about women and how they feel about their asses. The results were pretty interesting: 30% of women think their ass is too fat, 10% of women think their ass is too skinny, the remaining 60% say they don't care, they love him, he is a good man, and wouldn't trade him for the world. If you're laughing, re-post and make someone else laugh.

daughter-in-law ... boy has his hands full.
6 posted on 08/10/2011 1:13:04 PM PDT by NamVet71MP
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To: Kaslin

My wife and I have been married nearly 20 years, and we don’t know a single couple our age that has been divorsed.


7 posted on 08/10/2011 1:13:36 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Kaslin
Thanks for sharing this article!

Marriage is a beautiful thing, especially when one is blessed to be married to the love of one's life. I am so blessed and thank God daily for having a hand in bringing my sweetheart and me together!

8 posted on 08/10/2011 1:24:41 PM PDT by seekthetruth (Florida and the Nation needs Colonel Mike McCalister in the US Senate!)
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To: Kaslin

Sadly, what neither side gets is the institution of marriage is not the problem: it’s the atitude, philosophy, and comportment of those engaging in it.

You really don’t understand what being married is when you’ve deceived yourself into believing “are you mad at me” is a fair question, when your spouse knows from experience what you really mean is “do I need to raise my defenses from whatever is bothering you?”


9 posted on 08/10/2011 1:35:55 PM PDT by papertyger
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To: ohioWfan

Yep, it is! We’re going on 36 years, and it gets better every day! It really makes a big difference to the longevity of a marriage when both folks have made the decision that there is no getting out, and the attitude is you might as well make it great, because you’re in it to stay!


10 posted on 08/10/2011 1:36:57 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
Wise words, SuziQ!

We have managed to (with a lot of help from the Lord) "make it great".....and it's getting greater every day for us too.

35 years this month. We'll see if we can make 35 more, and go to be with Jesus at the exact same time (from the home, to HOME. :)

That's the plan.

11 posted on 08/10/2011 1:49:40 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star winner!)
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To: Kaslin

"Stifle it..."

12 posted on 08/10/2011 1:51:14 PM PDT by montyspython (This thread needs more cowbell)
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To: NamVet71MP

Wife: “Honey, do this dress make my butt look fat?”
Husband: “Dear, it isn’t the dress that makes you look fat. It’s the fat that makes you look fat.”


13 posted on 08/10/2011 1:56:40 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Kaslin
Jeebus, who the hell writes this crap?
Myth #2: married people don't have sex????
Who has ever expressed that opinion. And what does that have to do with Chrisitanity?
BTW, I've been happily married for 45 years, so I'm certainly pro-getting-hitched.
But let's get real. A lot of marriages end in divorce. A lot of marriages which don't split are not happy. And worse, an increasing number of young people are staying single or just living together.
The number of truly happy unions where traditional marriage took place is way less than 50% - so I doubt that the author comes close to prove his hypothesis..
14 posted on 08/10/2011 2:00:31 PM PDT by Riodacat (And when all is said and done, there'll be a hell of a lot more said than done......)
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To: Kaslin

She was 20, I was 23.

At first she didn’t want anything to do with me, but she was so beautiful that I couldn’t just walk away.

Gradually, we became best friends, we hung out together doing fun things of common interest.

I fell in love with her long before she did with me, and I kept it a secret for almost a year. I found out later that she knew all along.

I was out of town on business, traveling all over the country. Before meeting her I was a committed bachelor that intended to stay single forever.... at least for another 5 years.

Then it occurred to me that she might not wait for 5 years, so, as unromantic as this may be, I called her from Carlsbad, New Mexico and asked her to be my bride. She said “maybe” but that I would have to ask her in person.

I caught the next flight back to Seattle. She met me at the airport, where I asked her again. She smiled and said, “of course I will”. We got into my car and drove straight to Reno where we were married in a small chapel.

We spent one night in a motel and then drove back to the Sea-Tac airport in Seattle. I few out and couldn’t return for almost 30 days. I realized that I needed to change careers because I couldn’t stand being away from her for so long.

To this day she remains my best friend, my beautiful woman, my lover, my Bride, the mother of our two children, my strength, my confidant, my reason for taking my next breath, and my only fantasy.

That trip to Reno was 40 years ago.

I remain the luckiest guy in the world.


15 posted on 08/10/2011 2:05:58 PM PDT by Gator113 (Palin 2012, period.....)
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To: Gator113

NICE


16 posted on 08/10/2011 2:08:26 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Riodacat
Who has ever expressed that opinion

Are you kidding? Haven't you ever watched TV or gone to a movie? EVER??

I think you missed the entire point of the article. It's not that marriage is perfect or that all marriages succeed. It's that our culture has been telling us for decades that marriage makes you unhappy, that the only good sex is outside of marriage, and that living together, or having random sex is better than being married. The point is that the numbers aren't accurate and that marriage is a good thing, in spite of what we're being fed.

It's part of the progressive agenda, and it's part of the homosexual agenda to destroy marriage, and dissuade young people from believing in marriage (which they have partially succeeded in doing).

This is a good article!

17 posted on 08/10/2011 2:14:27 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star winner!)
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To: Riodacat

I suggest you better read again and read it very slowly. What the author is saying is the it is a myth that married couple don’t have sex


18 posted on 08/10/2011 2:15:42 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: SuziQ
38 years and counting....counting on 38 more. Grabbed her on her 18th BD after a 24 hour courtship. 11 years younger. Love to have a buck for everyone who said it would never last. Her mother's sage advise on her wedding day “take him for everything he's worth.” This from a supposedly fine Christian woman. She's one of seven children and the only one who's never been divorced.

"If we only knew how God regards this Sacrifice, we would risk our lives to be present at a single Mass." St. Padre Pio.

19 posted on 08/10/2011 2:16:20 PM PDT by Lima_Two_Zero_Alpha (Protons have mass. Protons are Catholic? Who knew?)
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To: Gator113

Thanks SO MUCH for posting that!
What an aplty spoken word.


She’s 40 and I’m 48
Neither have been married before and no children
I’ve known her for over two years.
She didn’t seem to want to date me, but I kept telling my friends that she simply “rocked my world”.
We’d spend many evenings laughing, sometimes playing some pool, soetimes just a beer or glass of wine, sometimes on the boat together.
Every other woman fell short of her, in my eyes.

One day, a few months back I told a casual freind, upon seeing her walk into a social gathering; “See that girl? She’s gonna marry me on day. She just doesn’t know it yet!”
My friend asked; “have you told HER that yet? Because you need to.”

Two weeks later, I told her, face to face. We laughed until our faces hurt. Turns out she’d been waiting and wanting the same.

Yesterday, I picked up the ring. Sunday we are having a huge birthday party for her with 30+ frineds. I’m flying her mom into town as a surpise for her.

I’m going to ask her if she will marry me on Sunday afternoon.

My grandpa once told a friend upon seeing a certain woman for the first time, back in 1923; “Do you see that girl across the room? She’s going to marry me one day!” His friend scoffed, but that woman and he lived to 99 years of age together and were married 74 years.

I’m praying my grandpa’s blessing is also mine.

...will post how it goes after the weekend.

thanks again.


20 posted on 08/10/2011 2:33:37 PM PDT by woollyone ("The trouble with socialism is you run out of other people's money to spend." Margaret Thatcher)
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