In my opinion... Marriage is a load of crap. Soulmates too.
Marriage is either about God, money, or "doing what seems right", which is are asinine ways to show your love for someone.
As for soulmates, I think that people have more than one great love in their life. I also don't believe in fate or destiny, so soulmates are closely linked there...
I second the Marriage Is A Load Of Crap. Soulmates are a maybe in my eternally hopeful world, but marriage is a business arrangement about children and properties and dynasties and should remain so, with the baggage of long-term affection affixed fixed to a different set of words. Like "Union". I like that one.
my hair tie was between the pageshungry_numbersJanuary 27 2005, 17:43:44 UTC
The idea of soulmates means that although there are 6billion+ people out there, only one is for you and somehow by cosmic forces of your souls needing each other, one will come out of their slumpy life in fiji, and find the other's all star life in mongolia. Or... those who care to search, which brings up the idea that people are not compassionnate enough to want their soulmate. Love and wanting are our emotions and are directed to any one person and can change. No matter how sure you are of one person, if you are seperated, you will (if you choose to pursue) find another person that (not necessarily make you feel the same since nothing is ever the same) but fullfill you in a similar fashion
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population wise there are slightly more women on this planet than there are men, so technically there isn't even one for everyone (if you're talking traditional hetero). then you'd also have to account for the number of gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered individuals but i still don't think it would work out to one soulmate for everyone.
marriage/soulmates.... imo, there is no such thing as a soulmate. the idea is too romantic and idealistic. no body is perfect and no relationship is perfect. people who like each other just make it work.
So before I really didn't have anything to say because everybody already said it but now I do! Here I go.
Marriage is like loneliness insurance. We do it so that we know that most likely we will be with someone in 50 years. I know it's all crap and yet deep down I really want some of that loneliness insurance. The idea of being alone is absolutely terrifying! Almost as terrifying is the idea of committing to one person for a lifetime.
All of this gets diluted of course when you realize how many marriages end in divorce. It's sad and I wish people could either be more prepared for getting married or at least work out some of their problems.
Soulmates to me are like religion in that it's something people make up in order to reassure themselves that everything will be okay. Lonely? Don't worry, there is one person in the world for you out there that will accept you! Some people are very good together but I don't think anybody is ever meant to be together.
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Marriage is a load of crap. Soulmates too.
Marriage is either about God, money, or "doing what seems right", which is are asinine ways to show your love for someone.
As for soulmates, I think that people have more than one great love in their life. I also don't believe in fate or destiny, so soulmates are closely linked there...
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marriage/soulmates.... imo, there is no such thing as a soulmate. the idea is too romantic and idealistic. no body is perfect and no relationship is perfect. people who like each other just make it work.
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Marriage is like loneliness insurance. We do it so that we know that most likely we will be with someone in 50 years. I know it's all crap and yet deep down I really want some of that loneliness insurance. The idea of being alone is absolutely terrifying! Almost as terrifying is the idea of committing to one person for a lifetime.
All of this gets diluted of course when you realize how many marriages end in divorce. It's sad and I wish people could either be more prepared for getting married or at least work out some of their problems.
Soulmates to me are like religion in that it's something people make up in order to reassure themselves that everything will be okay. Lonely? Don't worry, there is one person in the world for you out there that will accept you! Some people are very good together but I don't think anybody is ever meant to be together.
That's all for now!
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wow, I really like that... I mean it's depressing as hell - but its so true!
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