10-01-2008
Love And Marriage: Does It Have To Last Forever?
There are many questions that people have about love. One of the biggest questions that people are likely to have about the mystery of love is whether or not marriage is the inevitable outcome. The answer is that there is no actual answer. Marriage is a decision that is made between two people that love each other, certainly, but there is no actual guide to marriage or love that suggests that marriage is a “must”. Some people love each other for their entire lives without actually marrying. Marriage is an aspect of life that is entirely up to the individual and their concepts of commitment and love.
The secret to a happy marriage is, of course, love. When people talk about having the ultimate happy marriage, they are talking about being around the one they love as much as possible. For many people, marriage in those terms is the absolute apex of a love life. For others, however, a happy marriage may be no marriage at all. Some may find that spending their lives with one person is not satisfying in the least. They may wish for many more partners and many more experiences in order for their happiness to be realized. The question many people wonder about such lifestyles is about the role that love plays in their relationships.
There are many reasons besides love that people in today’s world marry and there are many reasons that those marriages end. The basic component in all of those types of relationships is selfishness and the desire to meet personal needs first and those of a partner second. It is for this reason that broken relationships appear to be on the rise. People are desiring more for themselves and less for others, leading to the inevitable deconstruction of relationship fundamentals such as trust and confidence.. With divorce and broken homes on the rise, an examination of what leads people to marry is probably in order.
The truth about love, is that there is no truth about love. There are only subjective ideas as to what marriage should be based on. In today’s cynical world, the foundation for many a relationship is bent on reliance on the other person and not on selfless love. The notions of family and marriage therapy are on the rise because people, on the whole, seem to have forgotten about love.
As society “evolves”, its relationship desires seem to deconstruct and the importance of love on relationships and on the workings of the world seem to diminish. In place of love, convenience and goal-oriented living can be found. While on their own, those aspects are more than suitable for reasonable living, without love they are insufficient for building a marriage relationship that involves the trust and commitment of a partner for a lifetime.
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