Decius wrote:
] ] We should recognise what a major transition this is.
] ] 'Coupling' and 'uncoupling' provide a more
] ] accurate description of the arena of personal life now
] ] than do 'marriage and the family'. A more
] ] important question for us than 'are you married?' is 'how
] ] good is your relationship?'
]
] Some readings about globalization today eventually lead me to
] this short essay, which talks about the dynamic nature of the
] concept of marriage. It puts all the recent debate about gay
] marriage in an overall context. I found it interesting for
] other reasons as well as I've been sort of grappling
] uncomfortably with the realization that a lot of people my age
] are now married and I'm not a kid anymore.

Quick Decius, dye the gray out of your hair, buy a 'vette or my personal favorite, a Mercedes SLK, and start dating 20 somethings. Oh wait...

My girlfriends dad is always kidding his wife. He says when she truns 50 he's going to trade her in for a pair of 25s.

RE: An interesting discussion of the state of Marriage...