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Old Nov 04, 2017, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Patagonia View Post
I do understand your POV & you've stated this before. I'm sure this works for you, but I'd like to look at the entire picture. As a society, not individualIstic. This ancient ritual of being with another human for life.
I'm wondering if it goes back to cro-magnum times. Drag this woman into the cave & keep her.
Many things in our lifetime have changed, yet this one is still holding on. Maybe by a thread?
It’s holding on but it’s not unchanged. People now live together unmarried or choose singlehood for life or get divorced or have kids by themselves etc Marriage is a choice now. So you can’t say it didn’t change as an institution. It did as it now became a choice. In the past it was pretty much the only way to live. Not anymore