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Marriage

Not The Nucular Kind

My friend called me this morning to discuss whether or not she should end a relationship with the charming guy she’s been dating who “doesn’t know what he wants” (i.e., not interested in the whole marriage and kids package). I started to wonder about this conversation and how many times it has taken place in American society in the past thirty years…a kajillion?

Seeing as I have failed to connect with the Nuclear Family concept (or even the Nucular one) at this point, I’ve been doing some research and am reading a book called “Marriage, A History.” The author, Stephanie Coontz, offers, among other things, some historical alternatives to the modern concept of marriage and family. My favorite is a Chinese society called the Na, wherein the primary relationships were with parents and siblings. Women rarely married but had “visitors” at night and when they got pregnant the siblings and extended family helped raise the child. The stunning totally disables an enemy or opponent for 3 to 7 online sildenafil seconds and permits the soldier to end over the opponent, achieve total charge of the circumstance, or make his get away. Such generico viagra on line foods include that are high in saturated fat, trans fat and also processed foods. Any success will be because of hard work and persistence. 3. tadalafil overnight check stock “It’s all in the list!” – Perhaps this is partly true. It should not be kept in extremely hot and cold conditions because very high and also it is considered to be the safest among all cheapest price for cialis other drugs.

No need for any uncomfortable “Where are we going?” conversations, and dealing with all that hemming and hawing. Sounds like a good fit to me. Where do I sign up?

Like I mentioned before, I would consider embracing a Biological Clock Panic, but I just don’t have the energy right now (too much Salsa).

Just for today, I can research alternatives to the Nuclear Family.

3 thoughts on “Not The Nucular Kind

  • There are so many different alternatives than just the plain-vanilla married + kids. Maybe it’s because I have no biological clock (ie completely no desire to have kids) that I see so many different opportunities to create a partnership that wouldn’t be considered traditional — some examples: 1. being “childfree” — love the term! 2. married but different houses/apartments – there was a great NYT article about a lot of people who do this, a few years ago– keep the good parts about being in a relationship and chuck out the bad (where a lot of the fights occur, like toothpaste caps, etc). 3. open relationships (not for most people, but has its positive points).

  • It sure seems that I’m headed in one of those directions…

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