Omega Man wrote:
What I am saying is this: Personally, I don't necessarily equate marital failures and/or infidelities with "moral failure" -- or being married for a gazillion years as denoting some kind of moral superiority.. 

I do -- that is, depending on the reasons for a split. If a spouse is a louse who cheats or is abusive to his/her partner or something, that's certainly good grounds for a marital failure and a divorce.
(I don't know the situation with Arnie and Maria. I'm using this opportunity to make an obeservation in general.)

And what I am specifically referring to is that THESE DAYS  when couples tend to grow tired of one another and don't bother to stick together and try to resolve things, don't want to keep watering the plant, so to speak, and make it better... they just use divorce as the "easy way out". THAT'S what I am talking about, and this cavalier approach to marriage and its vows is something which has deteriorated today: "So it's not feeling new and fresh anymore? Get out of it and try another mate!".  In fact, these days it's very common to hear people refer to what they call "My Trial Marriage"...! Yup... nowadays it's almost understood that the first marriage is only some kind of "trial". In the older days, people tended to value their marriages more and stick together through thick and thin, aside from some kind of serious negative situation.   I'm not saying an abused woman should ever stick around with a wife beater or anything like that.

And there is no need to cherry-pick happy exceptions. Exceptions always have and will exist in any scenario, but they're not the general vibe. Actually, anyone living today is well aware of what I'm talking about. 

"Physical Media: Alive and Well, Forever!"



Last Edited By: Joe Karlosi May 10 11 10:34 AM. Edited 1 times.