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> who cares why the parties consented This is a very new cultural assumption (something like the 1960s ?) Prior to that marriage was a lot less about contempo
by maerF0x0 5y ago
> who cares why the parties consented
This is a very new cultural assumption (something like the 1960s ?)
Prior to that marriage was a lot less about contemporary concepts like "emotional love", "my forever best friend" etc.
Vietnam still has a very old religious under pinning (idk the exact definitions, but something like daoist - bhuddist - ancestor worship). Marriage and family means something very different there than in the US meaning (nearly formless these days)
- notch656a 5y agoIn some sense I think they have it right. The chemical induced feeling of love lasts a couple years at best. The rest is about relationship, bonding, family, duty and responsibility - IMO. I would wager those who don't marry for love but make a pact to form a working relationship still get most the upsides of marriage.