2008 Woodie Awards
One Way or Another: Marriage Makes A Person's Life Complete
Traditional values support legal arrangement.
Zabie Mansoory
Issue date: 2/23/05 Section: Opinion
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I believe that most people would like to have a partner in their life; I am no different. So, if you have the partner, why not have someone that would love you all your life. You can enjoy each other's company and the benefits that come with a good marriage.
I plan to get married when I graduate from college and have a nice job that will help me support a family. Many ask me why I want to wait until I graduate from college. It is simple; by the time I graduate, I will be wiser and have job stability.
A study done by Centers for Disease Control reported that the older the bride, the longer the marriage will last.
Believe it or not, marriage has more than 1,400 benefits.
According to the Family Research Council, married people have better emotional and physical health and live longer than do unmarried people.
"Married people have greater income than single adults and the longer they stay married, the more wealth they accumulate," said the Family Research Council's web site.
The study also found that married women are safer than unmarried women and married couples enjoy greater sexual satisfaction than do the unmarried people.
Despite the fact there is so much bad media about marriage, an average of 6,000 individuals get married everyday, according to a study by the CDC.
If you are single but are thinking about having kids you may want to think twice.
Children living with married parents are much safer than children with single parents, because they are less likely to be aborted and less likely to be abused or neglected, according to the CDC report.
Children with married parents do better academically and fare better economically, according to Family Research Council.
Valentine's Day just passed and, most likely, millions of couples became engaged. Unfortunately, statistics show that approximately 50 percent of marriages in the United States end in divorce within the first 15 years of marriage.
I am not here to tell you that marriage is romantic and enjoyable everyday, nor do I expect my own to be that way. But that wouldn't stop me. Because I realize that a person doesn't become perfect just by getting married. I know life can't be that simple.
A woman who has been married for 37 years said, "My husband and I have decided that respect is the mainstay of our long marriage. We realize fully that either one of us could stray - we are only human. But if we approach each other with respect, on every subject, we both win."
Before you get married it wouldn't be a bad idea to go to couples counseling and agree on some basic issues that will be part of the big picture. It's easy to just focus on the moment in front of you.
Life is not simple and a simple life isn't worth living. Marriage would be much better if we focused on its positives instead of its negatives.
I plan to get married when I graduate from college and have a nice job that will help me support a family. Many ask me why I want to wait until I graduate from college. It is simple; by the time I graduate, I will be wiser and have job stability.
A study done by Centers for Disease Control reported that the older the bride, the longer the marriage will last.
Believe it or not, marriage has more than 1,400 benefits.
According to the Family Research Council, married people have better emotional and physical health and live longer than do unmarried people.
"Married people have greater income than single adults and the longer they stay married, the more wealth they accumulate," said the Family Research Council's web site.
The study also found that married women are safer than unmarried women and married couples enjoy greater sexual satisfaction than do the unmarried people.
Despite the fact there is so much bad media about marriage, an average of 6,000 individuals get married everyday, according to a study by the CDC.
If you are single but are thinking about having kids you may want to think twice.
Children living with married parents are much safer than children with single parents, because they are less likely to be aborted and less likely to be abused or neglected, according to the CDC report.
Children with married parents do better academically and fare better economically, according to Family Research Council.
Valentine's Day just passed and, most likely, millions of couples became engaged. Unfortunately, statistics show that approximately 50 percent of marriages in the United States end in divorce within the first 15 years of marriage.
I am not here to tell you that marriage is romantic and enjoyable everyday, nor do I expect my own to be that way. But that wouldn't stop me. Because I realize that a person doesn't become perfect just by getting married. I know life can't be that simple.
A woman who has been married for 37 years said, "My husband and I have decided that respect is the mainstay of our long marriage. We realize fully that either one of us could stray - we are only human. But if we approach each other with respect, on every subject, we both win."
Before you get married it wouldn't be a bad idea to go to couples counseling and agree on some basic issues that will be part of the big picture. It's easy to just focus on the moment in front of you.
Life is not simple and a simple life isn't worth living. Marriage would be much better if we focused on its positives instead of its negatives.
