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Will You Marry Me?

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Why Young People are Scared of Tying the Knot:

It’s my opinion, and I’m sure your opinion, that relationships are difficult. Each year, the cost of living increases, while the average American’s income remains steady or decreases. What does this mean? In it’s simplest terms it means that both sexes have to work full time. So when you start a relationship, who is going to follow who’s career? Should the male follow the female or vice versa? Does it depend on the amount of money each is making or does it depend on which partner is happiest with their job? Can that aspect even be quantified? How can you ask your partner to give up their career aspirations for “love” or your relationship?

I’m sure many of you reading this are in a relationship, or have been in a relationship before. I’m sure most of you have been in relationships in the past that haven’t worked out as well. Why didn’t those relationships work out? Obviously you started the relationship because you were attracted to that person, but what happened over time? Did that person get “all crazy” on you? Did that person “play games” with you and you just couldn’t take it any more? Did you find someone new that you were more in tune with? If so, what happened in the relationship with the person that you were more “in tune” with?

Maybe you’ve been in the same relationship since your high school days and you’ve married that person and have been married for many years. If so, you obviously know that there must be compromises in your life. One of you is going to have to give up something in order to make the relationship work. Maybe you both just had to give up a little bit, but something is going to have to be sacrificed, be it a career, social, or personal goal or aspiration. If you are in the latter group, how did you decide which person was going to give up something? Well, I’m glad I wasn’t in the room when those discussions were happening, but if you stay in a relationship for years, you’ve definitely had those discussions, and if you’re still with that person, be happy… you truly love each other. Either that, or you’re just working as a great team!

So why are young people more and more afraid to tie the knot?

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