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.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
No, I suggest you read and understand the definition of "myth" - which is a traditional story or a view commonly held.
. No one I know holds the view that married people do not have sex or have sex any less often than non-married people. So there is no such myth to begin with.
So it is nonsense to try to argue against a non-existent "myth".
That's why (among other items mentioned), I called the article "crap".
It would have led you to WebMD
Some of the survey's major findings:
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* Married people have more sex than unmarried people do.
Actually he does. The rate of divorce certificates has dropped significantly in the past several years.
And, one of the divorce numbers that skews the whole thing is the likelihood that when you are divorced, you will get married and divorced again....
But the number that seems to nail it is that 50.2% of adults in this country are married, compared to 10.4%
Seems to be something to it.
Marriage may or may not be a good thing.
Where 2 people marry and they get along well and have a happy marriage, it is a very good thing - my wife and I are in that category.
Where 2 people marry and don't get along, then it can be a bad thing for themselve and any children they may have.
A few people I know should never have married, just like a lot of people I know should never have had kids.
Marriage, in and of itself, is neither good nor bad. It is a legal and moral relationship. Some are mature enough for it, but in our ophraphied society, an increasing number aren't and will never be.
The number of divorces, the number of people who never get married,the number of spouses who cheat on their partners would suggest that the author of the article may have rose colored glasses on.
A lot of the myths contained in here come from Hollywood’s version of what they think marriage is.
Of course, a lot of the writers in Hollywood are not exactly the exemplars of stable, married couples. I know they exist, but lets be real—if they made movies that reflected real life, no one would go to them.
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* Married people have more sex than unmarried people do.
That was my point. There was, is and never has been any such myth, so why try to bust a non-existent myth????????
O.K., I'll bite, show me a couple examples where "Hollywood" is trying to convince me that married people don't have sex..
“Give me the making of the songs of a nation and I care not who makes its laws.” ( Andrew. Fletcher, 18th-century Scottish political philosopher.)
American Beauty?
That weird black and white movie with Reese Witherspoon?
Sex and The City?
...and it’s not just that married people don’t have sex, but that bed-hoppers have more and better sex.
Actually, an increasing percentage of Americans are never getting married in the first place, so while the divorce rate may be coming down, the number of "successful marriages" is dropping way faster (as a percent of marriage age adults).
So I think the article is misleading in suggesting that there is an increasing percentage of successful marriages - when, in reality, there are increasing number of couples just live together without marriage or stay single.
No, what he is saying is that some people, especially the young unmarried people believe that married people don’t have no sex that is all. He is not saying it is a myth that married people have sex
Me: Don't ask questions unless you want true answers.
Seriously ... I made it quite clear >20 years ago that I wouldn't lie to her. Not even about whether a particular suit of clothing was flattering or not.
And maybe they do - my wife won't let me test that hypothesis. ;)
I am very happy for you and I wish the best for both of you.
I have something for you to consider. Try your best to make her laugh at least once a day. It worked for me. ;>)
... so says Warren Jeffs and the 10,000 Saudi Princes!
Yah gotta be a bit gay to be watching that kinda crap..
Sorry, I haven't seen any of those. In fact I really don't watch to many movies - but when I do, I like the mob or action pics like Casino, the Godfather series, Donny Brasco, or History TV, etc.
And if I want to watch sex and violence, I watch the news.
In spite of the failure of some to marry the right person, work hard enough to make their marriages work, humble themselves enough to be a Godly spouse, etc. etc., MARRIAGE IS STILL A GOOD THING.
Your argument is like saying that freedom isn't a good thing because all people aren't free. Failure doesn't make the concept wrong.
And in both the cases of marriage and freedom, the concept came from God, and is, therefore, a GOOD thing.
Wow. It's hard to believe that anyone who has ever turned a TV on or listened to anyone in the popular culture denies that this myth exists.
Where have you been, anyway? In popular culture and entertainment, sex is good until you get married, then it stops, or gets dull.
Two that I can think of off the top of my head: I saw Bridesmaids last night. The married character indicated her love life sucked. Not necessarily no sex, but lousy sex. And the new movie with Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds. The married man’s sex life is depicted as horrible.
You of course are going to come back at me with: Lousy sex is not “no sex.”. But I am condient in your intellect to understand that the myth is that married folksndo not have as much sex.
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