Kaari
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So, the obvious out of the way, it’s all about the loooooks.
There’s more to it though.
Marriage in of itself was invented way back in approximately 2350BC, and was only done so to set a formal framework to bear children. That’s it. Love regarding marriage wasn’t even really a concept until the 16th century, literally thousands of years after marriage’s invention.
In practice, love still wasn’t in the picture even after the 16th century, as 80% of women admitted they didn’t need to love someone to marry them in 1920s America (muh patriarchy and having to depend on men and sheeit).
Marriage can only really sustain what it was designed for, and if you add shit on top of it like love, etc, it’s pretty much a recipe for disaster in terms of long term fulfilment and a ‘happy’ relationship (since inevitable loss of attraction overtime, etc). In a sense, the original concept of marriage is like a job, in a sense of that it only provides a framework to get paid for a service, but good luck trying to find fulfilment out of it since that was not what it was designed to do.
Marriage today is completely unrecognisable from what it was back then. In terms of religiosity, marriage wasn’t even a sacrament in the Catholic Church until 1563, a millennium and a half after Christ was born. It only became so since Catholics were in major rule at that time, so it was introduced for societal stability. Outside of that, marriage is rarely spoken upon in Christianity, and Jesus in of himself said there’d be no couples in heaven.
So, in short, good luck trying to achieve a happy marriage long-term, since it’s virtually impossible to accomplish, and what it was designed for backs that up. Not to say it’s impossible, but it is very unlikely (especially for people like us here).
There’s more to it though.
Marriage in of itself was invented way back in approximately 2350BC, and was only done so to set a formal framework to bear children. That’s it. Love regarding marriage wasn’t even really a concept until the 16th century, literally thousands of years after marriage’s invention.
In practice, love still wasn’t in the picture even after the 16th century, as 80% of women admitted they didn’t need to love someone to marry them in 1920s America (muh patriarchy and having to depend on men and sheeit).
Marriage can only really sustain what it was designed for, and if you add shit on top of it like love, etc, it’s pretty much a recipe for disaster in terms of long term fulfilment and a ‘happy’ relationship (since inevitable loss of attraction overtime, etc). In a sense, the original concept of marriage is like a job, in a sense of that it only provides a framework to get paid for a service, but good luck trying to find fulfilment out of it since that was not what it was designed to do.
Marriage today is completely unrecognisable from what it was back then. In terms of religiosity, marriage wasn’t even a sacrament in the Catholic Church until 1563, a millennium and a half after Christ was born. It only became so since Catholics were in major rule at that time, so it was introduced for societal stability. Outside of that, marriage is rarely spoken upon in Christianity, and Jesus in of himself said there’d be no couples in heaven.
So, in short, good luck trying to achieve a happy marriage long-term, since it’s virtually impossible to accomplish, and what it was designed for backs that up. Not to say it’s impossible, but it is very unlikely (especially for people like us here).
