Marriage.
Where Could We Be? (Part Two)
"At a mainstream level, we seldom seriously examine
some of the core expectations of those who actually
do freely decide that marriage is for them. Too
many of the counselors whom the popular media pushes
write to “improve” those people who
have already bought into marriage’s current
definitions.
They don’t become popular by questioning
the core assumptions that are guaranteed to keep
the institution disappointing. Their books would
be too challenging to get past a publisher’s
marketing expert.
Yet,
when one marries, one brings to the relationship
all of the role expectations they’ve learned
from our society. On top of these, another set
of roles – marriage roles – are added....
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"A
number of my single friends who aren’t seeing
anyone just hate Valentine’s Day. They feel completely
left out of everything it represents.
When they see couples
out celebrating, it only reinforces their feelings
of loneliness. They “have no one.”
If they’ve just gone through a divorce, it’s
even worse. Seeing all those apparently happy couples
reinforces what they’ve lost. It seems to erase
the memories of the awful times with their exes and
inflates any good ones.
On the surface Valentine’s
Day is the perfect holiday for our consumer-oriented
culture. The standard expectations about how one shows
love are all involved with buying something. The more
expensive the gift, the more it proves our love...."
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more in Dr. Minor's latest column: "What
Are We Thinking About Valentine's Day?"
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