When you commit yourself to something, you should see it all the way through. So many people aren't like that nowadays.
I love seeing all the pictures of the older couples who say things like "We came from a generation where you fixed something when it is broken, you didn't throw it away." This is so true! I sit and think of everything that is disposable in our world today. Everything from plates, to furniture, to even houses! People actually put money into houses that are MEANT to be trashed after only a few years. Whatever happened to quality? To craftsmanship and pride in work? It makes sense, therefore, that we would believe all of our relationships to be disposable as well. We use them and use them until we've gotten what we want out of them, then we just get rid of them.
How horrible of an outlook! We need to change this in the next generation, and get back to a way of life where having someone in our life to lean on is considered a blessing and something to look forward to. The whole idea of "the ball-and-chain" and "taking the plunge" are such negative ways to look at love and marriage. Granted, marriage is not for everyone, but it should be shed in a far more positive light. Having more programs to help married couples work through their troubles would be great, but I also think that there should be manditory requirements for engaged couples to go through counseling before they can be allowed to be married. It would be so good for them to get a slap of reality to the face through the fog of "true love" that they feel.
J.M. Hope
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