This kind of love accounts 4
lots of failed marriages.
Not exact matches
It isn't that a
lot of marriages don't
fail and a
lot aren't made in Hell and all that, but considering how difficult the world is, it's your best chance for most people.
I was going through a
lot of anguish from a
failing marriage and was becoming exceedingly frustrated with the «easy (but to me insufficient) answers» my church and my Christian faith were providing.
Basically, what has happened with CST is comparable to what has happened with
marriage and family: We spend a
lot of time talking about contraception and abortion and bioethical dilemmas, and unfortunately we must do so, given the gravity
of these evils and the obsessions
of our day — but as a result we can
fail to see, or at least
fail to communicate to others, the profound truth
of the sacrament
of matrimony, which is the foundation
of all the rules and prohibitions.
I have begun reading sociologist Eva Illouz's 2012 book Why Love Hurts and while I haven't gotten too far into it, and thus will likely have a
lot more to say about, Illouz says the modern world, with its deregulated
of marriage markets and freedom to choose one's own partner has, made the search for love an «agonizingly difficult experience» that leads to collective misery and disappointment, which is then internalized by people — especially women — as a personal
failing.
Because I had spent over two years stuck in my head trying to deal with a
failing marriage, I withdrew from a
lot of friends and family.
Sure, I'm sure
lots of men have offered and fawned over her, but she's been in multiple
failed marriages... with some guys whose looks can't even compare to hers.
On the other hand,
marriages with high degrees
of conflict, with
lots of contempt, criticism, defensiveness and the silent treatment are unhappy and very likely to
fail.
We spend a
lot of time planning for other aspects
of our lives, such as our careers,
marriages and having kids, but many
of us
fail to build a plan to achieve our financial goals.
Even though all the statistics are stacked against second
marriages — even more
fail than first
marriages — with
lots of hard work and love, success is possible.
A state can end up spending a
lot of money on food and social services when a
marriage fails.
A
lot of second (and third)
marriages fail due to stress concerning children.
The divorce rate in the United State is at about 50 %, meaning that there should be a
lot of people wondering why
marriages fail.
I'm trying (and
failing miserably) to go a little sparser in my house, but after 40 years
of marriage we've collected a
lot of things we love!)