Kim My wife, Boo and I, will have been married for 20 years this July, and we are happier now than ever!! However, all of our friends that married around 1983, '84 and '85 are all divorced now, some two or three times over. We know only one other couple that has been married over ten years. I agree with the idea of the self-centeredness of our society. Another underlying (or subconsciencous) idea causing this 30 or 40 year-old trend is the "throw-away" or disposable lifestyle Americans have developed. When arguments arise, people tend to take the easy way out, rather than work through their problems, which is the same mentality of "throw-it-away-when-you-are-tired-of-it" kind of thinking. This is contrary to our fathers and grandfathers who lived through adversity like the Great-Depression or the World Wars, where people had to pull together to survive.
Mak Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: Kim & Garth Travis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 1:53 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [biofuel] OT & Personal Thank you for the happy news, it is nice to know we are not the only ones. Bright Blessings, Kim At 02:49 PM 5/7/2003 -0600, you wrote: >I believe as a society most of the population has gotten very self centered. >Thus the short marriages. >This list I believe is not a representative sample as many people here are >idealistic and not self centered. >I have been with my lady about 24 years and we hate being apart. > >Kirk > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kim & Garth Travis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 12:16 PM >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [biofuel] OT & Personal > > >My husband is on a desiel repair course, out of town. The class is mixed >and during a social break, one of the ladies stated she had never seen a >happy marriage and no longer believed in them. Everyone except my spouse, >either agreed or stated they had 'livable' marriages. This is the first >time he has been on a course with out me for over 10 years, so we have been >out of the circuit. Is this normal? Has the general opinion of marriage >really gotten this bad? I can understand why we haven't heard this before, >since we are obviously happily married and have been for almost 15 years. > >Someone please tell me that this is rare. > >Bright Blessings, >Kim > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 4/24/2003 > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs Online - Over 14,500 titles. No Late Fees & Free Shipping. Try Netflix for FREE! http://us.click.yahoo.com/YoVfrB/XP.FAA/uetFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
