so do women, guys...so do women.....
about marriage:.......did you get anything out of the Reagan funeral?
to see two people grow old together and have that much devotion for one another thru the years.....amazing.....
I work with lots of people, many elderly, and I can tell you the happiest people are the ones that have long and loving marriages....
I look at other people our age.....sometimes they live more exciting lives....out to bars and parties....but none of them seem really happy and content....
happy and content will see you through a livetime.....
We come from a long line of "lovers" and longtime married people...on both sides of our family......
I just hope that my children can get thru the mucky-muck of our insane culture and see that true happiness and contentment comes from the committment to fall in love, and stay in love, with that one companion that shares your values.....
But I do feel sorry for young people today.....they are chasing shadows, and they don't even realize it....
just look at who our culture exults.....both male and female...and you can see how difficult it is for them to take the time to find a real companion to love......
Maybe so, but there is a HUGE roll of the dice between achieving one and reality.
nice post...
The Ronald and Nancy Reagan story was truly a beautiful one and for most very hard to attain, I say this because I do not believe that Nancy and Ronald had many of the problems people face one being "Money" I know most married couples have a major problem with this issue, no it does not bring happiness but it does bring freedom and relief.
Another is substance abuse I know of so many married people that have had struggles with theses issues, Alcoholism,Drug Abuse which then leads to other issues as Spousal Abuse and Infidelity...
And most importantly is that Ron and Nancy made GOD the center of there lives, it is GOD's blessings that makes you try with your spouse when the going gets tough, and I believe Ron and Nancy had that faith and stability.
Life can be very stressful and people can get on your nerves,and irritate you, but if you truly love them you don't abandon them you take some downtime...
I was amazed at how much I did take out of it in this aspect alone. The Reagan's marriage was inspiring.
In short, it's always someone else's fault and they are the self righteous victim. Irresponsibility doesn't know a political party, "faith", gender or race.
True...but for many women, their idea of "downtime" is to go find the man in their life and spend some time emotionally relating. That's not usually a man's idea of downtime...that's a man's idea of work.
Work for which most men are ill-equipped, I might add. Give us a cabin to defend, boarders to repel, a house to renovate, an engine to rebuild. Those are jobs we can do. "Relate emotionally"? Ladies, that's what your girlfriends are for.