👏👏👏 A round of applause for this amazing and timely article, Reid! Divorce rates are up, fertility rates are down and young people are lonelier, more miserable and more mentally ill than ever. It is clear as day what the cause of this is: the overcorrection of the Baby Boomers of embracing divorce as a tool of liberation and Millennia…
👏👏👏 A round of applause for this amazing and timely article, Reid! Divorce rates are up, fertility rates are down and young people are lonelier, more miserable and more mentally ill than ever. It is clear as day what the cause of this is: the overcorrection of the Baby Boomers of embracing divorce as a tool of liberation and Millennials and Gen Z spurning marriage, family and monogamy altogether in favor of polyamory and putting oneself first. This is a disaster that has led to the broken American family, a less connected and more lonely society and young people feeling adrift and lacking any real relationships. Marriage is about give and take. You work at it every day and grow as a human being. Your right, a successful marriage is all about perseverance and you get to build your own marriage and work together to create one that works for you and your partner, whatever that looks like. Bianca pushing your mom in the New York City Marathon shows that there really is someone out there for everyone who will love you and your family unconditionally. The Greatest Generation wasn’t called the Greatest Generation for nothing. They understood marriage takes commitment, patience and being willing to have open communication and being understanding with one another. No, you shouldn’t go to the extreme of staying in an unhappy or abusive marriage but nor should you avoid it altogether either as this misguided generation has. We here in western society need to find a happy middle ground. That being working hand in hand with the one you love to build a meaningful, healthy and happy marriage that brings out the best in you both. I’m glad you debunked that statistic that 50% of all marriages end in divorce! It’s complete garbage! We need to stop barraging people with negative messages on marriage in the media and social media and start portraying it in a more positive light and work to shift cultural norms. I’m glad you brought up the point that for many Americans marriage was a right they were denied and they had to fight long and hard to change that! For example, how about Harold and Mildred Loving, who were denied the right to legally be married due to being an interracial couple? They took their case all the way to the Supreme Court and in 1967, the court ruled in their favor striking down laws against interracial marriage throughout the country. The last law against interracial marriage to be overturned was in Alabama in 2000. Jim Obergefell also had the fight for the right to marry his dying partner as same-sex marriage too was illegal. In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was legal in part due to the work that Mr. Obergefell and other brave LGBT activists did, so that their love could be recognized. Young people today I think forget those struggles or are unaware of that history. Given all the sacrifices so many made to make marriage rights for all a reality, we need to be grateful for it!
👏👏👏 A round of applause for this amazing and timely article, Reid! Divorce rates are up, fertility rates are down and young people are lonelier, more miserable and more mentally ill than ever. It is clear as day what the cause of this is: the overcorrection of the Baby Boomers of embracing divorce as a tool of liberation and Millennials and Gen Z spurning marriage, family and monogamy altogether in favor of polyamory and putting oneself first. This is a disaster that has led to the broken American family, a less connected and more lonely society and young people feeling adrift and lacking any real relationships. Marriage is about give and take. You work at it every day and grow as a human being. Your right, a successful marriage is all about perseverance and you get to build your own marriage and work together to create one that works for you and your partner, whatever that looks like. Bianca pushing your mom in the New York City Marathon shows that there really is someone out there for everyone who will love you and your family unconditionally. The Greatest Generation wasn’t called the Greatest Generation for nothing. They understood marriage takes commitment, patience and being willing to have open communication and being understanding with one another. No, you shouldn’t go to the extreme of staying in an unhappy or abusive marriage but nor should you avoid it altogether either as this misguided generation has. We here in western society need to find a happy middle ground. That being working hand in hand with the one you love to build a meaningful, healthy and happy marriage that brings out the best in you both. I’m glad you debunked that statistic that 50% of all marriages end in divorce! It’s complete garbage! We need to stop barraging people with negative messages on marriage in the media and social media and start portraying it in a more positive light and work to shift cultural norms. I’m glad you brought up the point that for many Americans marriage was a right they were denied and they had to fight long and hard to change that! For example, how about Harold and Mildred Loving, who were denied the right to legally be married due to being an interracial couple? They took their case all the way to the Supreme Court and in 1967, the court ruled in their favor striking down laws against interracial marriage throughout the country. The last law against interracial marriage to be overturned was in Alabama in 2000. Jim Obergefell also had the fight for the right to marry his dying partner as same-sex marriage too was illegal. In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was legal in part due to the work that Mr. Obergefell and other brave LGBT activists did, so that their love could be recognized. Young people today I think forget those struggles or are unaware of that history. Given all the sacrifices so many made to make marriage rights for all a reality, we need to be grateful for it!
Thank you so much for your kind words!