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To: bigdaddy45

No, shotgun weddings are often done for the child and not necessarily because there’s love present between the parents.


17 posted on 12/12/2012 2:11:40 PM PST by what's up
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To: what's up

Love is a choice.

There are various emotions which are also called “love”, but these are often variable and sometimes fleeting.

Love is an act of the will, a commitment. Once it is made, the various feelings labeled “love” usually make their appearance. This time they are often mostly stable and permanent.

Commitment is far more important than “compatibility”, finances, physical appearances or even “hot sex”. Again, once there is commitment, these other things usually follow.


23 posted on 12/12/2012 2:22:30 PM PST by BwanaNdege (Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: what's up

And “for the child” is a good enough reason. I wish they would stay together, they are only compounding their problems by splitting


42 posted on 12/12/2012 3:12:28 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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