The Changing Face of Marriage

Growing up, my parents always did a great job of raising my siblings and I. We were taught to share, learn, and most importantly, we were taught about our faith. We attended Church every Sunday, (still do as much as our demanding schedules will let us), received every sacrament, and although we did not attend a catholic grade school, we attended CCD every wednesday night, with my mom as the teacher. Ultimately, faith has always been a big role in my up-bringing. Along with this, I have learned and experienced much of my parents loving marriage, the trials and tribulations, and how they use faith to keep a healthy and happy marriage. One thing that I have learned is that it is important to bring up your children in a stable home and environment. In the movie "Hes Just Not That Into You", Jennifer Aniston was unhappy about her partners not wanted to get married. I agree with her in the fact that marriage should be a step in life to seal the love you have for another person, and also to being the foundation of a family. After all, I have learned that my parents together are the strongest bond that holds my family together. With studies being done about college graduates with degrees potentially being less probable to get a divorce, it gives me hope that i will have a successful marriage one day. I feel that marriage is an important stepping stone in establishing a life the way that God would have planned for me.

Dating and "hooking up"

After reading chapter 5 and also the article on busted halo, I noticed that there was a negative connotation on dating. In today's society as a High School student, dating is usually pretty casual. Both the article and the chapter talked about the sexual part of being in a relationship. In the chapter, it was perceived more as a sexual relationship with a person you are dating. However, in the article on Busted Halo, the sexual part was just a "one night stand." I think the article portrays more how the sexual part of a relationship is bad only if you are not dating that person, or maybe not even friends. I think that having a sexual relationship with a person you are not dating or have no true long-term interest in is pointless. However, I think dating is an essential part to life, giving a person the opportunity to find what you like in a person you are going to spend the rest of your life with.

Love Story

The love story of my parents has taught me a lot about love, not only from doing this project, but also through the years. I have learned from my parents story that true love is existing in life. I have also learned that you have to work at a relationship. My parents story was like any other that you see in a movie, where they meet at a restaurant and immediately hit it off. Then after dating, get engaged, married and have kids. However in movies, I have noticed that most times, relationships work out in two ways: they either live happily ever after, or they get into a fight and go their separate ways.
I have learned from my parents marriage that you have to be willing to fight for one another, and to lean on each other through hard times. I have also learned that fighting is normal in a relationship, and the true test is being able to forgive that person. After 25 years of marriage, my parents have set a great example for me of what love should be like in my life. I chose the song 1000 years by Christina Perri because it talks about everlasting love that I see in my parents marriage and that I hope to have myself one day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtOvBOTyX00