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xyzone (Offline)
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02-09-2010, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
So, without marriage how can a person show his dedication to his or her mate that doesn't allow him or her to shove off at the drop of a hat?
The way you phrase it cuts to the heart of this rationale, that you must be kept hostage by an external institution, that your own will is meaningless and that you are an animal that must be herded. This is another thing I was arguing in itself weakens marriage, it weakens the motivation for it. "Everybody's doing it, so if we don't, we're strange and don't fit in", then you're stuck with a gun to your head. What sort of motivation for "love" is that? None worthy to me.
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