The Sanctity of Marriage
Where the heck has it gone? Does anyone know what love is anymore? I remember as a child my aunt was unhappy in her marriage and someone asked why she didn't leave him, she replied in sickness and in health, I said my vows and will keep then. If that was today and she was as self absorbed and not giving a heck she wouldn't have stuck with him as long as she did, in fact she might have killed him.
I saw an article today that said basically that marriage and love are dead but Tinder and hook-ups are where its at in this world today. And sadly it's true. It's so much easier to hook up, have a little fun and then move on. What the heck happened? How have we become such an emotion-less society? Looking for a guy in this day an age is like looking for a really tiny tick on a huge elephants butt, dang near impossible to find. What have we become seriously?
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Society has become unhinged. A faith based approach is in my opinion the best way to keep on course
Unhinged is an understatement dear Lord in heaven. I seriously don't know what is becoming of humanity. It's beyond scary at this point.
You are so correct a faith based approach is definitely necessary but no one believes in God anymore.
Irrespective of belief universal principles of cause and effect remain and must be dealt with the hard way by soul searching if necessary!
It is very sad, but the reason for the change is that the accepted norms have become wickedness. Just look around. Transgender, Bi, gay, it's all the rage! Lol. But God will always have a remnant.
We have to be careful here. Adversarial forces have so infected society that this goes against the norm of standard rulesets!
The rage, that's just insane. I just don't get it. When I was a teen I honestly hated being a girl, told myself that I was supposed to be a boy and God made me wrong. But that was only because I was being harassed by males. As I grew older I accepted I was female and stopped thinking silly things. I was born a female and am supposed to be a female it's as simple as that.
Society has become tolerant of children today and what they want and feel at young ages. We've just run a muck.
Your comment also made me think about discipline. The elders and other leaders at my church won't put up with any mess from a child. You can tell out in public the ones who discipline and those that don't. Sadly, 99% of children are basically allowed free reign. The funny part of this is that the parent will feign this hard exterior and yell at them in front of others, but you know the kid has never been punished before (truly) so they're just like yeah whatever, and keep on doing what they're doing.
No lie, I saw a girl up north from the church family who is 18 have more influence over her little brother who is barely 1, then most parents have over their 5 and 6 year olds. The boy got a spanking from her for acting a fool and was crying and carrying on. All it took for him to stop was for her to say "STOP CRYING!" That little boy stopped within 2 seconds.
Why? Because he is being taught at a very young age that you don't mess with adults (who actually give a darn). Kids growing up in my church learn respect, and they come out very good.
The parents I see in the grocery stores just taking all kinds of crap and giving in to their children makes me nauseous.
I rehearse the same line in my head all the time and not just relating to marriage, but to life in general. "What the heck happened?" is repeated to myself throughout my days in general about everything. The world has changed a great deal just from years ago. I believe that there are people either change with the world and become a part of it or find a way to live within without being influenced. It is very sad to see how the sanctity of marriage is diminishing. However, on the bright side there are some that still exist still believe in good 'ol traditional marriage and love.
I say the same thing what the heck has happened? Fashion, faith, love, sex, belief it's all gone to hell, literally.
You're correct we all try to change with this crazy world or just adapt to what we face each day and we are losing ourselves. I know in some instances I've looked at myself and said what the heck are you doing.
The ones that still believe in the ole traditions I'm yet to meet.
If you know any in their 40's send them my way will ya, lol.
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Yes, I agree. I know hardly anyone that is in a happy marriage. Many, many are divorced and are single parents.
On the other hand my parents were happily married until my Dad passed away a few years ago (though Mom was his second wife). My husband's parents are happily married still and my husband and I are happily married (though this is my husband's second marriage). We feel like we are the odd ones since we have parents who all stayed married. We were lucky though!
I have seen that people are getting married at an older age now but if people wait to get married when they are older then they are more likely to stay together. So, hypothetically, divorce rates should go down as more and more young people wait to get married. On the other end of the spectrum though it seems every single middle aged couple I know (other than our parents) is getting divorced. Also most people my age (late 30s) got divorced a decade ago.
I know several people that are getting divorced or have in the past year or so. I think people are confusing lust with love and realizing after NOT getting to know a person in the tiniest bit that they kinda can't stand each other.
People move so fast in everything that they don't take the time to actually get to know the person they think they are in love with. This world is just screwed up.