tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post5915617085623951340..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Should Women Marry Young or Old?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3628441753560275812012-06-17T19:42:42.411-07:002012-06-17T19:42:42.411-07:00I married late, also, and she was much younger. W...I married late, also, and she was much younger. We settled the up/down problem this way--leave the lid down. Each lifts what needs lifting.Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-54335671118905739622012-06-16T07:26:58.157-07:002012-06-16T07:26:58.157-07:00I had to laugh at the list. I married late, not ou...I had to laugh at the list. I married late, not out of ideology but just because I didn't meet the man I wanted to marry until I was in my 40s. I love him madly, but yes, it is very, very hard to adjust to living with another person! I have told him if he drops dead, I am not marrying again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39622896135832427662012-06-15T15:45:30.192-07:002012-06-15T15:45:30.192-07:00One factor that probably encourages later marriage...One factor that probably encourages later marriages: the idea of extending the search to find someone "better."<br /><br />In traditional societies, the pool of potential mates for an individual was usually pretty limited and pretty well-known; once you knew all the girls or guys (of your class, religion, whatever) in the village, you might as well make your choice, because that was going to be about it as far as your prospect list went. <br /><br />Today, the prospect pool is for all practical purposes infinite, so an individual can always convince himself/herself that there is a better option waiting just around the corner.<br /><br />Ideally, strong romantic love, coupled with a good fit on a practical level, should short-circuit the process and terminate the search, but this seems to happen less often than it did previously.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-33795962069685210062012-06-15T11:19:26.364-07:002012-06-15T11:19:26.364-07:00Nowadays the correct term is "deconstruct.&qu...Nowadays the correct term is "deconstruct."Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23631940215774896592012-06-15T10:51:35.420-07:002012-06-15T10:51:35.420-07:00"Apparently, feminist ideology wants to super..."Apparently, feminist ideology wants to supercede reality."<br /><br />Of course.<br /><br />"Yet, this is what feminism wanted. I hope its leaders will take responsibility for the mess."<br /><br /><br />IMO,Feminism might be best described as a "meme".<br /><br />Almost a form of possesion,<br />it destroys without building.<br />On the family/fertility scale, it is a failing life-strategy,from what I can see.<br /><br />The idea that "someone" might be around to take responsibility<br />is laughable,Stuart.<br /><br />Leftist memes seem designed to destroy, not to build.<br /><br />-shoe<br /><br />Marx said :“Destroy the family and you destroy society."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64862986727844484372012-06-15T10:30:03.979-07:002012-06-15T10:30:03.979-07:00That would depend on how you distinguish between c...That would depend on how you distinguish between cause and effect. I consider human consciousness (i.e. enlightened) to be an order which coexists with the natural order. The enlightened order is similarly causative as is the natural order, albeit on a far smaller scale. The natural order sets the rules and the enlightened order will either follow them or invite evolutionary dysfunction. With dreams of physical, material, and ego instant gratification, humans have chosen to ignore the natural order and we are observing the consequences of our arrogance.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-37849369620030145982012-06-15T08:34:47.777-07:002012-06-15T08:34:47.777-07:00Meat to add "these types of American women.&q...Meat to add "these types of American women."Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-37172679497699836552012-06-15T08:32:30.930-07:002012-06-15T08:32:30.930-07:00I am not sure that this is evolutionary dysfunctio...I am not sure that this is evolutionary dysfunction, but how evolution works to remove the dysfunctional. The more women, especially American women, remove themselves from the gene pool the better off the species is in the long run.<br />I have to admit that I take a much longer term view of evolution.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-36038632850439462142012-06-15T07:37:55.047-07:002012-06-15T07:37:55.047-07:00Actually everything on her list is why one should ...Actually everything on her list is why one should marry young. Learning to deal with someone one loves prepares one for dealing well with others. Having children when one is young and strong and much more capable of handling all that comes with raising them is far better than dealing with teenagers when one is set in their ways. If a woman is smart all she has to do in correctly utilize her time and she can prepare herself for any profession she desires.<br />As for the toilet seat, I have always wondered why the other way around wasn't better for the woman because she knows what actions have been taken and can correct them. I always thought this was just the dumbest complain I ever heard. Somebody needs to grow up.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-82291352073605745762012-06-14T11:13:31.075-07:002012-06-14T11:13:31.075-07:00So, women were directed to dream of material, phys...So, women were directed to dream of material, physical, and ego instant gratification, presumably without consequence.<br /><br />Both men and women should marry and have children young. It reduces occurrence of promiscuity and its attendant problems, including disease among others. It is safer for the mother and increases the likelihood of having offspring who are mentally and physically healthy.<br /><br />They should conduct a study to determine how a majority of the population reproduces in the minority. If there was ever a definition of evolutionary dysfunction, then that would have to be it.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84825451878802823882012-06-14T10:59:38.704-07:002012-06-14T10:59:38.704-07:00Part of the problem here is the insane level of wo...Part of the problem here is the insane level of worship of educational credentials, which implies that if a woman wants to get started in her career before marriage/children, then she needs at least 16 years (often 17-18 years in practice) AND 2-4 years of professional/post-graduate education (probably realistically more if she goes for a PhD). All of this might make sense if she was going to be doing advanced research in semiconductor physics, but for most real-life jobs the credentialism is only about itself, not any kind of genuine knowledge-need.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com