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Kids now-a-daysTonight I want to discuss love in the 00's. 2000, that is.
When I see all those commercials for those dating services online, I cringe. All those people who found their true love. All those smiling happy people who have been together for years. All those women who typed in that they would like an attractive, athletic, smart, humerous man, who: doesn't smoke, would like kids, doesn't drink, is a Christian, likes to go to romatic dinners, likes strolls in the park, never watches sports on TV, has blue eyes, has blonde hair, yada yada yada.... All those men who typed in that they would like a beautiful, funny woman, who: smokes, drinks, loves sports on TV, has green eyes, has red hair, a great body, yada yada yada... I can't believe that everyone has found exactly what they typed in. I am sure they had to start lowering their standards sometime... I do not believe that all the people that have married through those sites have been exactly what they set out looking for. I mean, I could be wrong, because I am a pessimist at heart, but I don't think so. Either they are lying that they are happy, or they are happy with the person they ended up with.
This makes me think about 100 years ago, 200 years ago, and more. They didn't have the internet. Hell, most of the time they didn't even have a choice. Either their parents set them up, or they were the only other family within 50 miles. And 50 miles is a long walk. Or a long horse-back ride. Whatever. All I am saying is they didn't get to fill out a survery, and most of their marriages lasted. What is the divorce rate this year? Too high for me to even want to know.
I love my husband. I think we are great together, and for each other. Of course I get get angry over stuff he does do, or stuff he doesn't do, but I think that's part of life. I REALLY do not believe that their is one couple out there that is completely happy with each other all the time. There is no possible way. We have all grown up so diferently because there are so many different facts to life. There are so many options! I mean, I could go outside my house and eat at 10 different places within 5 blocks! Years and years and years ago, there was either home, or at the one saloon in town. The growth of the planet is incredible. Maybe more options have made us spoiled, and we think we can always "have it your way." I dunno.
People tell me choices are good. And I have to admit, when I go to McDonald's, I do order my chicken sanwiches without tomatoes. But I think if there was less, we would be less picky. Like, eat this or starve! And I think people WERE happy forever ago, because they knew they had to make the best of things. There was no other option. Maybe they weren't all glowing with happiness or love all the time, but that is because life was harder. It really was. And they got up at 3am to milk the cows, or whatever, and worked until supper time, because if they didn't they would starve, or their children would die, or they wouldn't have the money to fix their roof for the winter, or whatever. Now, we can work at McDonald's, any little shift we want to buy our crack and still live in our houses, get foodstamps, and rental assistance, and medical assistance. Like, OMG are we lazy. Granted, a lot aren't. A lot of people go to school, work their full time jobs, and are upstanding citizens. Again here is a statistic I know is high, but would be too depressed to see: people on welfare.
Another thing that makes me very very sick I could almost puke... Women who have babies to get child support or more money from the government. I can't remember the exact story, so I will make up what I can't remember. That famous guy, he's a rapper. Anyways, he had a baby with some woman he was dating. The judge ordered him to pay the mother like 21 thousand dollars a month!!!! OMG! Does that kid REALLY go through 21k a month?!?! I can't even IMAGINE what he could ever need or want that would go through all that money! I live off 600 bucks a month!!!! Holy God!
Yeah, so maybe I should quit before I get depressed about children making more money then me...
6:02 AM - Oct. 22, 2005 - post comment
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