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mukudori

Saturated Imagery

Apr 24, 2009 10:16

Hmm, the number of comments I have both posted and received is nearly equal ( Read more... )

Comments 7

jackalopemonger April 24 2009, 15:30:16 UTC

You make it sound like an inevitability, but it's not. More people are choosing to go unmarried and/or childless every year.

mukudori April 24 2009, 16:02:11 UTC

You may call it irresponsible writing, but I was honestly just bored and made it up as I went along. I hadn't written an entry in a while and I thought the words 'ambiguous' and 'sexuality' sounded good together. It's a little too easy to create something short sighted and dramatic, huh? :P

jackalopemonger April 24 2009, 16:31:49 UTC

Heh, no worries. These things have been on my mind a lot lately. At my sister's Bat Mitzvah, I had a conversation with a Very Jewish Mother or two (or three...) which basically consisted of "Oh, Hagit is such a lovely girl, isn't she? Do you think she's the one? When are you two settling down and getting married? Have you thought about how many kids you want to have?" Etc etc.

mukudori April 24 2009, 16:53:54 UTC

Haha, I'm sorry. I've gotten that question a couple times myself, and it's always difficult to explain that we're more interested in just being together instead of married. A lot of people have a hard time grasping that. That and we're pro-nieces&nephews, anti-sons/daughters.

titanstein April 24 2009, 15:32:08 UTC

I would go as far to say that I agree with pretty much every point made here. We were smarter when we were younger because we were able to see the world in a different light; one that we have forgotten as we got older. Societal norms suck and I hate adhering to them, but at the same time, since it is so ingrain with out culture and way of life, it's hard to go against them. Life lately has become too complicated and full of BS. Sometimes I wish we were more like the Ancient Greeks. They knew how to live life!

mukudori April 24 2009, 16:07:40 UTC

Well, the rich Ancient Greeks had a good time. But even they were just responding to the requirements thrust upon them by society. Ultimately we're products of our environment, and the biggest decision available to us is what environment we place ourselves within.

swordess April 28 2009, 15:45:15 UTC

I actually look forward to the idea of combining genetic material at some point. Its not all misery and i would hardly see myself as someone who as lamely accepted societal norms. For me it was just finding the right person. I think that anything that involves such life changing potential as marriage and reproduction requires some serious thinking about oneself while tuning out noise around you. Both supportive and disproving noise can be blocks which delude us into making choices about our life based on the opinions of others.