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You know I always hear about how great and withstanding my parents, grand parents, and great grandparents relationships were, but I have to question, were the relationships that great, or was divorce so socially looked down upon that the relationships had little choice but to endure. I know growing up in the seventies were a really tough time for old-fashioned love ideas, and staying with one partner during a sexual revolution proved to be impossible for many folks. I suppose this is what led to a divorce rate shooting well over fifty percent. Another affect that perhaps led to the holding power of marriages from past generations was financial. From the stories I've heard about times like the great depression, lovers definitely had fewer options. I believe it was perhaps safe to assume that many folks stayed in marriages for financial reasons. Another effect could quite well have been population density. If you, your wife, and kids lived out in the country there were I'm sure in most cases a lot less opportunities to meet a replacement partner. It's as though now, even the most remote areas all around the United States there are places for folks to meet potential partners. I have to ask the question though, have all these changes been a benefit or a hindrance to our society and the sanctity of marriage as a whole? If you think about it, perhaps it was better that past generations had less options be it selection, morals, or financial. Perhaps these few variables forced couples to stay together through tough times, grow closer, and build stronger bonds. But then on the flipside, if you truly were in a bad marriage that was dehumanizing, abusive, and oppressive, then not having many if any options at all could have perhaps had a really bad effect on individuals, and therefore society as a whole. I do know one thing, the United States as a nation and society would definitely benefit from having stronger parental and family bonds. I believe that as a nation, that we should try to strive for a balance. Perhaps we should take the positive parts of our past generations and try to use those ideas to develop stronger marriages, and family bonds. I believe as a society, that the United States has become perhaps a tad to fat and comfortable, and that Americans as a whole have established a society that gives too many options for just jumping in and out of marriages and relationships to the point that folks are getting married, staying married for a few years till the new wears off, and the packing up and leaving, many times splitting children right down the middle with their often times self centered ways. There are many issues at hand in America's society today, but at some point we all need to stop and take a look at how our marriages and family choices truly affect our present and future society as a whole.
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