On Marriage
One of the foundations of society, marriage, is crumbling. An astonishing, disturbing percentage of "till death to us part" vows are spoken and proven empty. Countless families are shattered and scarred. Alas, what can be done to mend such brokenness?
What is marriage? It is a lifetime commitment between a man and a woman for mutual encouragement, companionship and procreation. The future of society rests upon healthy marriages producing healthy offspring. The world is a cruel and lonely place. It is beneficial for people to have a loving, supportive family to come home to when the inevitable storms of life manifest.
Why are marriages falling apart? Easy access to divorce plays a considerable role. Now, one does not even have to prove one's spouse broke the marriage vows. One can unilaterally proclaim the relationship to be ended and the government honours that decision. Worse yet, the same spouse who breaks the vows can end the marriage, take custody of the children and be entitled to assets and monetary support from the other. To whom is this repulsive power most often given to? The wife, of course. Her commitment to her husband ends when she says it does and his commitment to her is always in force. Is this justice?
Why should a man get married when divorce and its distasteful consequences hang over his head throughout? Are there any guarantees his bride-to-be will take her vows seriously and not exercise the destructive power given to her? Make no mistake; there are ultimately no winners in divorce except for those who seek the destruction of marriage and the collapse of society.
How can this crisis be managed? Eliminate no-fault, easy divorce. If marriage is to be a lifetime commitment, the partners ought not be given incentive to shirk their responsibilities and break their vows. If ending commitments is free from consequences for one or both parties, it is logical to anticipate many ended commitments.
Once government and the people start taking marriage seriously again, people will not be so hasty as to make solemn commitments they are not sure they will keep. Relationships will be more likely to last and we will be a happier, stronger society.
posted by Lord Feverstone | 6:25 PM
7 Comments:
You appear to be an intelligent young man who is entering what can prove to be the best years of your life. Yet I can see by the links in your sidebar that you are already under the influence of a group of angry, bitter, malcontents who have nothing good to say about the society we live within.
Remember in the second part of our lives educational and economic attainment decide who are the success stories in our society, so generally the former victims of bullies rule and bullies go on to becoming gas station attendants...
Don't make the mistake of messing up your future by listening to a pack of losers who are jealous of women and generally hate everything our civilization has created.
They are bomb throwers who care about nothing but themselves.
Avoid them and that Stand Your Ground as it's a bad influence on young men...
NYMOM,
You're an idiot! I couldn't stomach your post much past the first paragraph or two; I've read your posts on other blogs, so I knew where you were going-making an ad hominem attack rather than dealing with the ISSUES.
Why hasn't Lord Feverstone married? Why have I not married? Why have many guys opted out of marriage? Simply because it's a lousy deal for us, that's why. I would love to get married. Unfortunately, I've had to rebuild my life twice; I cannot AFFORD to have some flaky woman take me to the cleaners. I'm 44, and I want to have a pot to piss in when I'm older, thank you very much.
It is obvious that you've never been to family court; it's certainly obvioius that you have no empathy for what men face there. I've BEEN THERE. I was falsely accused of DV. When my lawyer tried to argue a point of law pertaining to my case (mainly that I wasn't under the law's purview), the judge just cut him off in mid-sentence! When men say they have no rights there, they're telling the truth. BTW, in all the other cases that came before mine that day, the judge ALWAYS ruled in favor of the women.
Would I love to get married? Would I love to have someone to come home to at night? Would I love someone to help me out? The answer is yes. However, women do not have to honor their marriage vows, and they're rewarded for breaking them & dissolving their marriages, which they do 70% of the time.
I'm out of here. If anything, Lord Feverstone understates his case. I and others like him are not some bitter, angry malcontents; we just don't like the shit sandwiches women have figuratively offered us men, trying to tell us it's Filet Mignon!
MarkyMark, thank you for sharing your thoughts. Yes, I did understate my case. The reason is many people have far more eloquently revealed the mockery that was once marriage than I have likely due to personal experience.
Oh for God's sake markymark you are 44 years old, he's 25...
I think there is a vast difference in how you should approach life.
He's never had the opportunities you've had...you've experienced marriage TWICE, he's never even had a date he claims.
The selfishness of you in trying to overlay your bad experiences with women onto someone else is simply mind-boggling.
Lord Feverstone, you're doing well if you've managed to get your first ranting angry response from NYMOM.
Note her laughable lack of logic: Don't make the mistake of messing up your future by listening to a pack of losers who are jealous of women and generally hate everything our civilization has created.
Yeah, our civilization has created a lot, or more specifically, us men have. Women have created very little. In the four-decades women have had a significant influence on Western Society they have utterly, utterly screwed it up with their rampant hedonism and failure to comprehend cause-and-effect, like treating men like shit and suddenly wondering why men start avoiding them.
We borne the babies that grow up to be the ingrates like you.
Okay.
That's what we created...although in your case I would say it's definitely a case of creating a 'frankenstein monster'...
Good post Lord Feverstone. I totally agree and think you understated just how bad it really is.
NYMOM: Shut the hell up. You just further reinforce every negative viewpoint of women with each typed word.
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