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Sorry, it still makes no sense to me, but perhaps I’m just missing a viewpoint. Marrying and divorcing based on love alone, with nothing else at stake doesn’t
by makeitdouble 5y ago
Sorry, it still makes no sense to me, but perhaps I’m just missing a viewpoint.
Marrying and divorcing based on love alone, with nothing else at stake doesn’t look to me like a bad thing. If it wasn’t for that, half of the people wouldn’t be marrying I think, and as an institution it would be in a way worse shape.
Perhaps GP isn’t embracing divorcing as a sane rational decision, and that would be the “ruined” part, on which we would diverge.
- judge2020 5y ago> Marrying and divorcing based on love alone, with nothing else at stake doesn’t look to me like a bad thing. This is just the difference of opinion OP is making; they see marriage as having the functional purpose of dedicating one's life to the other person, sharing responsibilities and goals with them (and taxes), ie. the development of platonic love; this is required if the couple doesn't want to divorce when/if that eros / romantic love dies out. In reality, nobody likes going through a divorce, so if they do marry without being ready to commit to shared goals like this, they're hoping that eros love never dies out, which I bet doesn't happen often.