I'm curious to hear everyone's opinions on the matter. The study makes sense to me, but it is troubling. Does this mean I should never get married and stay single forever? If not, then according to this study I'll be in poor marriage. Interesting stuff. Post your thoughts in the form of comments.
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No, I don't think it means you should stay single forever. I'm not sure there is anything we can really take from this article. The only thing it means is that you just have to try to forget about old relationships, like you normally would anyway. This article shows that doing so may be harder than you thought, but that doesn't mean your entire lifestyle should have to change.
ReplyDeleteBut it says that you're bound to compare a non-first love wife to your first love and it will always be disappointing, setting up the marriage for failure. Getting married after experiencing 'first-love seems like a waste of money to me.
ReplyDeleteOk, but that can't be true in all cases--even though 50% of marriages fail that means that 50% work. Clearly some people are able to make their relationships work.
ReplyDeleteAnd how are you supposed to develop any relationship skills if you always avoid relationships? The only alternative would be to stay single your whole life, and there seems to be no point in that.
Well, you could just date your whole life and avoid marriage. That doesn't sound too bad. You would never get bored with anyone of the opposite sex. Until you're like 45 at least...
ReplyDeletedude. if everybody does it, it'll be okay.
ReplyDeleteNo, Matt, I think dating qualifies as "first love," so all of your future dates may be affected by it. There's basically no way to avoid it, you just have to deal with it.
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