...To Be Married or To Be Single? Ortavious Byrd Course COM/155 November 17, 2013 MICHELE ARMENTROUT How does one decide to be single or to be married? Which is truly the best decision? Does marital status determine how stable, successful, or even happy an individual can be? While there are several ways to view life, singles or married. Certain studies show that marital status does have a tremendous effect on the outcome of one’s success, stability, happiness, and sometimes even health. Several studies conclude that married couples generally live longer than singles. Marriage is also a great tradition and ritual in American and several other cultures. Despite these finding, being single is now trending at an all-time high. Today’s fading marital rate, which was at 72 percent in 1970, is now at only 59 percent and desperately needs to be restored. These days, there are not any real pressures to get married. In fact, there are several justifiable reasons not to get married. One of the most glamorous reasons for being single is freedom. Singles have freedom to do whatever, whenever, however, and with whomever one wants. What is there not to like about this portion of the “fabulous single life”. One can also enjoy the opportunity to completely focus on oneself, without the added pressures of a significant...
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...Should Couples Live Together Before Married? As I grew up in my mother house it was instilled in me that you should never live with a man unless you’re married and since that was strongly installed in me that is what I live by I didn’t have the chance to live together with my husband while we were dating. It was difficult during our first year of marriage. We argued a lot, mostly for reasons like leaving clothes on the floor in the bathroom and not cleaning up after his self. Living together before making our vows would have reassured us about the lifelong commitment and basically letting us see what we were getting are self into. From my own experience, I believe that couples should live together before getting married, so they can start to know each other on a closer, more personal level and also see how compatible they are with each other. When you live together with your partner you start to know each other on a closer more personal level. For starters you learn what your partner likes and dislikes, I think there’s a lot to find out about your partner and from your partner; and I think the only way to do this is move in together. For example I didn’t know my husband liked to watch porno videos or sleep with the house freezing cold! Believe it or not, its little details like these that can often make or break a relationship. Second, you learn what kind of bad habits you and your partner have and whether or not you can get rid of them or live with all the bad habits. For...
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...Bianca Washington Professor Ruiz English 0990 4 March 2013 Just Married Just Married (2003) directed by Shawn Levy and written by Sam Harper is a romantic comedy. The two main characters are played by Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy. These two individuals have such great chemistry that it shows throughout the whole movie. This film is rated pg13 and is appropriate for teens. The acting in the film was really good and believable. There was many parts in the movie that kept me laughing. Characterization is very important in the movie because the actors have to connect to each other and also to their own characters. Out of all the reviews that I have seen I have only found one positive review. I don’t know why because in my opinion the movie was not that bad to me. It was not my favorite but I enjoyed watching it. Many of the reviews talked about the movie having old jokes and that the characters didn’t have any chemistry. This movie is pretty old so the jokes are played out now but back then it was just immature humor that people liked to watch. The characters did shout at each other a lot in the movie but that is just there role in the movie. I feel that many of the reviewers were hoping for more inappropriate scenes and since this movie didn’t have enough of that they didn’t approve of it. John J. Puccio was one of the reviewers and he says “The movie is deceptively awful. It stars two attractive charming people who are not given a thing to work with in a script...
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...Dusk over Atlantic Wharf Nowadays a lot of media talks about integration and how immigrants handles to change from one culture to another. The reasons for emigration can be many things. For an example Afghanistan. Afghanistan is plagued by war. A lot of people from Afghanistan tries to emigrate from Afghanistan to the western countries, so they might get a better life. But not all emigrating people emigrates because of war. Some people does it because of love and marriage. Other people does it because their family told the to. This very example happens in Dusk over Atlantic Wharf. Lata is an Indian woman, who comes from India. She emigrates from India to Wales to get married with Anuj. The Marriage is not just some ordinary marriage with love, moving together and then married by love. This marriage is arranged by the couples families. This tells that Latas father or mother might be the only one who have met Anuj and she have never met Anuj. If you do not know a person it is even harder to love them. But Latas father told her that he would the best for her and that she would learn to love him. He also tells her that she will get a very good future if she marries Anuj. Lata has only lived in Cardiff for 4 months and already finds the day dull. Therefor, Anuj decides to take her to the cinema. Anuj has found a Bollywood movie. On the way to the cinema Lata is getting scared by all the culture differences between Wales and India. Some girls outside a club is not dressed up...
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...Married To Asperger’s Introduction We all remember the awkward kid in school who was a loner and unable to sustain friendships. What happens when this kid grows up, will they marry, can they marry, is it possible for this person to have a successful marriage? What barriers are there and how can they be dealt with so an other-centered extravert can have a fulfilling marriage with a self-absorbed person with Asperger’s syndrome? People with Asperger’s syndrome have difficulties in relationships in general. Marriage is probably is the most interpersonal of all relationships. I believe it may be difficult for an extravert to have a fulfilling marriage. Asperger’s syndrome is one of the Autism spectrum disorders that are characterized by abnormalities of social interaction and communication. Those that are diagnosed with the syndrome often associated exhibit restricted behavior or activities such as being fascinated and glued to a certain activity and often have a general delay in the development of their speech (Janzen, 1999). Because of this, there is a very high likelihood that the people diagnosed with this syndrome will have a problem when it comes to the development of friendships (IAP, 2011). They may engage in a one sided conversation about their topic of interest without necessarily taking into consideration the feeling of the listener and whether he or she is interested in their topic of discussion...
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...A Call to Arms: Renewing America c c c Drug and crime scenes are a big problem in America which is a country, where the population gets bigger and bigger for every year. Many youngsters choose the wrong places to find help or acknowledgement because their parents have given up on them. Some choose drugs to forget their horrible lives while others choose to murder people or steal to get an inner satisfaction. There could be many reasons for why people do all these things and some we will never understand. On May 20th, 2000, J.C. Watts held a speech in North Carolina about young people seeking help in all the wrong places. J.C. Watts was a former congressman for the Republican Party but today he is the chairman in his own company which is a large multi-industry in Washington, DC. In his speech he talks about parents not giving their children the kind of attention and love that they need. And because of that more children are choosing the wrong path, doing drugs and killing each other. “(…) children growing up with very little parental discipline and guidance, which is crucial for helping them develop self-control” – because of this many young people don’t get to learn the differences between right and wrong. He also says that religion has a lot to do with this problem and it has got to be irrelevant among the youngsters. And he thinks that’s the reason why children nowadays are violent, sexually obsessed and undisciplined. He also mentions that civilians carrying...
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...Are Aeneas and Dido married in the Aeneid? In the Aeneid, Aeneas meets a women named Dido and they start to develop feelings for each other. They go hunting in the woods, and the gods make it rain so Aeneas and Dido will have to take shelter in a cave. The gods planned this so they would make love in the cave. Dido and Aeneas did make love in the cave and now Dido saw them as married. She said, “She no longer thinks to keep the affair secret, no, she calls it a marriage, using the word to cloak her sense of guilt,” (Virgil, 133). The important part in this quote is the words “using the word to cloak her sense of guilt,” as it determines if they were actually married or not. By using love to cloak her guilt, Dido definitely fell in love with...
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...Being a married couple at the workplace has a good and bad consequences to the relationship with our spouse. Here are the advantages and disadvantages. 1. Advantages *Driving together to your work When you work in the same office and you have the same shift hours, you can drive together to your workplace. Many couples have only one car and it is often a problem to find a good solution when they work in a different company. They can decide to buy a second car but this is really expensive or one of the two partners needs to take the bus/train/bicycle or search for carpooling. Working in the same office will ease this decision and save a lot of money. *Lunch together It is easier to lunch together because most companies have a break for all employees together. They can eat together and talk to each other just like they should do at home. There are several companies where you can eat a warm lunch and couples don't need to prepare a warm meal at home. If they can't enjoy this possibility, couples can prepare together their meal at home. They save time because they don't need to wait until the other partner comes home from work. 2. Disadvantages *Dealing with private problems Every marriage has its ups and downs and some private problems may arise. Many couples who work in the same company have difficulties to separate work and private problems. It is important to make good agreements that you don't show your private problems at work and that you don't discuss it with colleagues...
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...The Choice of Being Married Is marriage the best choice in today’s society? Once upon a time marriage was viewed as a vow between couples before God. It wasn’t socially acceptable to live with your significant other unless you were married. It wasn’t socially acceptable to have a child if you weren’t married. Those rules have changed. Why would you want to get married and spend thousands of dollars just to possibly spend more money to end the marriage? In 1950 you were not allowed to live with your significant other unless you were married. It was unheard of. You would live at home as a lady until you were wed before God. Today there are many couples who live together and do not ever have to walk the aisle and legally bind two individuals. Marriage today is a status saying it’s official and if I want out of this relationship it’s going to be harder than ever. I hear more stories about married couples getting a divorce than I do about them celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. In 1950 you were forbidden to have children out of wedlock. If you were even thinking the thoughts that would lead up to creating children before you were married you could have been sent away. In today’s culture there are many children that are born to very loving parents who can raise the child just the same and not be married. Being married doesn’t make you a better couple or give you superpowers. It might be a 2 tax break once a year but not enough to add...
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...I Got Married There are a lot of things in your life that will have cause and effect from medical to personal. One of the most rewarding cause and effects I can think of is when a person falls in love and gets married. Life as I know it would be completely different if I never said the words “I will” on January three. Knowing my former self I would not be very happy with myself today if I never met and married my beautiful wife. She changed my life for the better. Before I met my wife I was a lost soul looking for something that I thought existed somewhere. All I would find though was nothing but trouble. I drank too much and hung out with the wrong crowd. The group I hung around was all about drinking and one night stands. Not getting serious with anyone no matter what. Keeping everyone at a distance ready to move on in the blink of an eye, I guess that was just part of my military mentality. I can remember countless times of waking up somewhere with someone, with no clue how I got there or who the girl was because I drank so much that I got to the point that I would passed out. When I met my wife my world changed slowly but surely for the better. I stopped hanging out with those people and more or less stopped drinking. She helped me see things in a different light, since she is one of the most responsible people I know. She showed me that there was more to life than drinking and having one night stands. Since I met my wife my life has taken a turn for the better. I...
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...Repollo, HonieletteFrancesca L. Professor Franchesca Borras PS203 March 19, 2016 Child Prostitution as a Form of Work: An Analysis of “Neneng” by Merlinda Bobis I. Introduction Background of the study Child is as innocent as water during spring time but nowadays children are typically faced to what reality is, that many people are poor, they are now faced to this problem that they tend to shoulder what an adult is experiencing. Poverty is the typical problem known by them, they saw their parents suffering at work just to make an everyday living because of this some help their parents to work even if it means not going to school and not being able to play like any other children at their age, some were forced by their parents to work so that these children would be able to go to school and have their own money without suffering the budget for the family. Prostitution is rampant not only here in the Philippines but around the world, though every country were fighting against it still the cases grew larger and larger each year and some people involved in this case are children. It is a wide spread illness that can’t be easily eliminated and some people blame poverty as the reason why they engage in this kind of activity, it became their source of income whether they like it or not. It seem that this kind of activity is not only present in today’s generation rather its presence is as old as time, it doesn’t cease to exist even if many years have pass and the cases became...
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...1. Have you ever heard about living four years longer if you won an Oscar, and not just were nominated? In the text “The Sandra Bullock trade” by David Brooks, he is talking about how the Oscar nomination can make your life longer. In a research by Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh, they have concluded that people, who won an Oscar live four years longer than people who only was nominated. Another thing David is telling us is “The daily activities most associated with happiness are sex, socializing after work and having dinner with others.” (P3 L6). David is telling us that in a relationship that is between happiness and income is complicated, and how being married can imagine a psychic gain equivalent to more than $100.000 a year. If you got a lot of money and used them all on clothes and shoes, is the question can pointless shopping make you happier? The text “But Will It Make You Happy?” by Stephanie Rosenbloom is telling the reader about we rather would e.g. dive with dolphins, than e.g. buying new gadgets for your car, because is make us happier. Stephanie is explains how some rich people do not like to show they have a lot of money, that means they actually is embarrassment over they are rich, that is reduced the ability to reap the small enjoyments in life. 2. “Two things happened to Sandra Bullock this month. First, she won an Academy Award for best actress. Then came the news reports claiming that her husband I an adulterous jerk. So the philosophic question...
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...University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association, Inc. UPLB Alumni Center, Narra Rd., UPLB, College, Laguna Tel. (049) 536-4649; Telefax: (049) 536-5536 Email. uplbaa@uplb.edu.ph; uplbaa@rocketmail.com UPLB ALUMNI INFORMATION SHEET Please print or type all answers. PERSONAL Mr./Mrs./Miss ___________________________________________________ Family Name First Name Middle Name NOTE: Use name registered with the University. If you are an alumna and you subsequently get married, please Please attach your picture here (2x2) indicate also your maiden name in parenthesis. e.g. (nee: Miss Cruz) STUDENT I.D. NO. ___________________ Title Preferred:_________(e.g. Dr., Engr.,etc.) Sex:_______ Civil Status: _______ Citizenship:_________ Date of Birth: ____________ Place of Birth:________________ Religious Affiliation:________________ Permanent Address: _____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________Tel. no./ Mobile no._______________________________________ Business Address:_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________Tel. no. / Mobile no. ______________________________________ Fax:_____________________________ E-mail:_______________________________________________ NOTE: Please check address where you prefer to be contacted by mail for correspondences. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND A. Obtained from U.P. Degree/Diploma/Certificate/Title ...
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...Terri Ruth 1 Kim Oesterle Eng 0099 Nov 1, 2012 Living Together and Getting Married One of the most debatable questions of recent times is whether to live together or get married. Live-in relationships and marriages can be successful with hard work and commitment. In today’s society living together is considered normal compared to the traditions of the past. Years ago it was considered sinful to do so. So, the question is, should a couple live together or get married? You decide. One main reason for doing either type of commitment is for financial gain. Both living together and in marriage gives couples the opportunity for this. When a couple lives together they have larger chances of saving money for their future. This can include saving for things such as, purchasing their first home together, buying new furniture, and even joint saving investments. If they are married they can save financially on health and medical expenses, insurance costs, and everyday living such as utilities and survival needs. A major fallback for the decision of living together is one of tradition. The old fashion society we live in looks down on couples whom cohabitate before marriage. This type of disapproval can cause couples to deny and hide aspects of their relationship putting stress in their every day lives. Their thoughts of happiness and joy begin to turn to thoughts of disgust and they may begin questioning their selves on whether they made the right decision. ...
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...Marriage is a necessity. In ancient times, getting married and having children are an inevitable job. At that time, there was not much love in the marriage, and the relationship was purely a constraint. Nowadays, a majority of people thinks marriage is a symbol of love. They look forward to living together for a long time, so they choose to form a family. But from where I stand, getting married is not a good choice. First of all, one of the most important aims of marriage is having children. But now with the rising divorce rate, more and more choose not to get married, they think marriage is a form of cohabitation, and without marriage they still can have children., If it is found that living together is unpleasant. It is also very easy to separate. In the second place, marriage will restrict a person’s freedom. You will find that your spouse is your first priority. Think about it: after you get married, you need to report where and what you are doing. What’s more, you may disconnect with your friends of you opposite sex because it will cause some misunderstanding. Last but not least, love is a mystery and getting married will ruin it. Marriage, by definition, contact two people as a family, You neither want nor need your love defined in business or legal terms. The beauty of love is that it’s undefined to begin with and always full of change and expectation. On the other hand, there’re still many people who look forward to entering into marriage. These kind of people always...
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