Good for you LU, I still haven't mastered perfection. - m
On Jun 9, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Louise Pryor wrote: > My take on this comes from the ones I see really suffering in the whole > equation - the kids. > > The only people who had no choice in the decision to marry in the first > place, no choice in being born into the situation, no choice in the hell > their lives become when the two most important people in their lives decide > to toss it all away. > > This counts, also, to kids born without the benefit of two committed, > present parents. > > The confusion, pain and consequences are not mitigated by the increase in > statistics. Every kid knows someone who's parents are divorced. Every kid > dreads that it will be theirs next. > > Marriage is for the kids (if there are no kids involved, then seek the > almighty Romance to your hearts content). Marriage is worth keeping; being > committed, all the hard work, and time invested in another person is worth > it. The benefits are immeasurable! My character is more deeply developed by > learning to deal with this other in my life, by learning to cooperate, to > communicate, to compromise, to put someone else above myself (this, of > course, is reciprocal). The kids benefit from seeing these principle put > into action, seeing conflict resolved, and they go into their own lives > equipped with better tools for living higher quality lives. Parenting is > easier to do together, grand-parenting is easier to do together. > > I have been married to John for going on 22 years. He is my first, and only, > lover. He knows my body - I can't imagine trying to teach someone else. I'm > a difficult person to please! He knows all the stories, and we can exchange > a look and just know, because we were both there, because we went through it > together, because we got through it together. > > Some might consider it boring to already know everything, and want to seek > the excitement of the new - but with a little imagination that can be done > right where you are! > > Someone said you only enter a contract with a person you don't trust - and > that seems sad to me. Do coyotes "enter a contract" when they mate for life? > My parents mated for life, I knew I would, too. I am monogamous, as is John, > and perhaps not everyone is, but in my opinion that is more a result of a > deteriorating (de-volving) society, than anything inborn. > > And it will result in collapse. Kids are hurting themselves - cutters, > multiple piercing's in sensitive places, sex and drugs at a very early age - > these are the desperate please of young people who have no trust because the > two people who should have cared about them, more than they cared about > themselves, betrayed them. > > Lu > coming out of hiding for the important issues... > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
