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In a world where approximately 50% of new marriages will end in divorce (and yes, these figures are still rising) one has to stop and wonder what is going on? What is it about our culture that has made it okay to change mates and husbands almost as frequently as we change hairstyles? We used to mate for life — you know — till death do us part? Golden anniversary party announcements were commonplace in the society section of the newspaper. Now, however, the vow is modified to be more of a “sure, I’ll hang with you – until someone better comes along.”
Marriage, relationships, love – these words all require a great deal of effort and commitment to work. When the twitterpation of being in “love” and the newness of the great honeymoon sex wears off, there is still two people there that thought they were building a commitment to each other. Instead of seeking out the rush of the new relationship with someone new, it is at this point where the partners have to realize that this relationship here is a viable long-term proposition. Of course it will require full dual cooperation and participation by both parties. Long term relationship are not all satin and roses, nor are they blood and tears either. There is good. There is bad. Eventually, however, when both partners reach that point where there is full trust, open communication, and uninhibited and loving sexual participation, there is GREAT.
Committed relationship and marriages don’t have to be a “so last Century” trend. Instead, they should be timeless, like Audrey Hepburn. They are something that should never go out of style.