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"As sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." -- Socrates
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Teach51
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26 Sep 2019, 5:33 am
The fact that being in a long term relationship (of which the extreme case is marriage) is the socially approved, normal lifestyle, feels like an accomplishment to most people and contributes to the happy feeling until almost inevitably frustration and boredom set in. When I hear the words husband or wife I hear the word miserable.
What are the reasons you want to be with someone many years? You must see some benefits that could contribute to your happiness, otherwise you wouldn't wish for it.
You are only 19 and don't have to force yourself to like anything just because it's normal or because one day in the future you might find happiness in it.
I have as much problem living with my own self as I do living with other people.
People should not be alone, and learning to compromise, and provide mutual emotional and physical support to each other is much more uplifting than scowling in the mirror and declaring yourself an island.
26 Sep 2019, 7:08 am
The fact that being in a long term relationship (of which the extreme case is marriage) is the socially approved, normal lifestyle, feels like an accomplishment to most people and contributes to the happy feeling until almost inevitably frustration and boredom set in. When I hear the words husband or wife I hear the word miserable.
What are the reasons you want to be with someone many years? You must see some benefits that could contribute to your happiness, otherwise you wouldn't wish for it.
You are only 19 and don't have to force yourself to like anything just because it's normal or because one day in the future you might find happiness in it.
I have as much problem living with my own self as I do living with other people.
People should not be alone, and learning to compromise, and provide mutual emotional and physical support to each other is much more uplifting than scowling in the mirror and declaring yourself an island.
But this doesn't have to be in a for society typical long term exclusive, monogmaous, mono'romantic' partnership, with perhaps a little nuclear family. There are other forms of social relationships. I don't get the need for long term partnership. Even the word partner is funny sounding to me, but much worse is 'life partner'
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26 Sep 2019, 11:04 am
Even better...
"Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills but you work hard for thirty-five years and you pay it back and then -- one day -- you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then -- one day -- you step off a curb at Sixty-seventh Street, and BANG you get hit by a city bus and THEN you die. Maybe..." -- Denis Leary (American Actor)
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