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There are no Soulmates = first lesson in marriage 101
In The Atlantic;
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The First Lesson of Marriage 101: There Are No Soul Mates
A course at Northwestern University teaches students about what makes a healthy relationship.
Research shows that practically every dimension of life happiness is influenced by the quality of one’s marriage, while divorce is the second most stressful life event one can ever experience.
Yet nearly half of all married couples are likely to divorce, and many couples report feeling unhappy in their relationships. Instructors of Northwestern University’s Marriage 101 class want to change that. The goal of their course is to help students have more fulfilling love relationships during their lives. In Marriage 101 popular books such as Mating in Captivity and For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage are interspersed with meaty academic studies. Students attend one lecture a week and then meet in smaller breakout groups to discuss the weekly topics, which range from infidelity to addiction, childrearing to sexuality in long-term relationships.
At first glance this class may seem a tad too frivolous for a major research university. But the instructors say it’s not an easy A and its reputation as a meaningful, relevant, and enlightening course has grown steadily over the 14 years it’s been offered. In fact, teachers are forced to turn away eager prospective students every year. This spring, the enrollment will be capped at 100. The class is kept to a manageable size so that students can grapple at a deeply personal level with the material during their discussion sessions.
The Marriage 101 professors believe college is the perfect time for students to learn about relationships. “Developmentally, this is what the college years are all about: Students are thinking about who they are as people, how they love, who they love, and who they want as a partner,” says Alexandra Solomon, a professor and family therapist who will be teaching the course along with a team of four other faculty, all affiliated with Northwestern University’s Family Institute, and 11 teaching assistants. “We’re all really passionate about talking about what makes a healthy relationship.” The professors see the course—which requires journaling exercises, interviews with married couples, and several term papers—as a kind of inoculation against potential life trauma.
Historians tell us that marriage education in America began as a way to keep women’s sexuality in check. “Marriage education has been for hundreds of years aimed at women. It was considered their responsibility to keep the marriage going,” Stephanie Coontz, co-chairwoman of the Council on Contemporary Families and author of Marriage: A History, tells me. During the 1920s and 1930s, Coontz explains in her book, fears about s*xual liberation and the future of marriage led eugenics proponents like Paul Popenoe to become enthusiastic about marriage counseling. “If we were going to promote a sound population, we would not have to get the right kind of people married, but we would have to keep them married,” Popenoe wrote............
The First Lesson of Marriage 101: There Are No Soul Mates
A course at Northwestern University teaches students about what makes a healthy relationship.
Research shows that practically every dimension of life happiness is influenced by the quality of one’s marriage, while divorce is the second most stressful life event one can ever experience.
Yet nearly half of all married couples are likely to divorce, and many couples report feeling unhappy in their relationships. Instructors of Northwestern University’s Marriage 101 class want to change that. The goal of their course is to help students have more fulfilling love relationships during their lives. In Marriage 101 popular books such as Mating in Captivity and For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage are interspersed with meaty academic studies. Students attend one lecture a week and then meet in smaller breakout groups to discuss the weekly topics, which range from infidelity to addiction, childrearing to sexuality in long-term relationships.
At first glance this class may seem a tad too frivolous for a major research university. But the instructors say it’s not an easy A and its reputation as a meaningful, relevant, and enlightening course has grown steadily over the 14 years it’s been offered. In fact, teachers are forced to turn away eager prospective students every year. This spring, the enrollment will be capped at 100. The class is kept to a manageable size so that students can grapple at a deeply personal level with the material during their discussion sessions.
The Marriage 101 professors believe college is the perfect time for students to learn about relationships. “Developmentally, this is what the college years are all about: Students are thinking about who they are as people, how they love, who they love, and who they want as a partner,” says Alexandra Solomon, a professor and family therapist who will be teaching the course along with a team of four other faculty, all affiliated with Northwestern University’s Family Institute, and 11 teaching assistants. “We’re all really passionate about talking about what makes a healthy relationship.” The professors see the course—which requires journaling exercises, interviews with married couples, and several term papers—as a kind of inoculation against potential life trauma.
Historians tell us that marriage education in America began as a way to keep women’s sexuality in check. “Marriage education has been for hundreds of years aimed at women. It was considered their responsibility to keep the marriage going,” Stephanie Coontz, co-chairwoman of the Council on Contemporary Families and author of Marriage: A History, tells me. During the 1920s and 1930s, Coontz explains in her book, fears about s*xual liberation and the future of marriage led eugenics proponents like Paul Popenoe to become enthusiastic about marriage counseling. “If we were going to promote a sound population, we would not have to get the right kind of people married, but we would have to keep them married,” Popenoe wrote............
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When meeting someone for the first time
Is it a good idea to let them watch your stand up comedy? I am thinking it can be a good or not good thing.
Joke of the night - Why !
Real Friendship
A man brings his best friend home for dinner at 5:30 pm without giving his wife prior notice.
His wife begins screaming at him, while his friend just sits and listens.
She says, "May hair & make-up are not done. The house is a mess.
The dishes are not done. I'm still in my pajamas and I can't be bothered cooking tonight.
What the hell did you bring him to our home for ?!?!"
The husband replies....
"Because he's thinking of getting married."
A man brings his best friend home for dinner at 5:30 pm without giving his wife prior notice.
His wife begins screaming at him, while his friend just sits and listens.
She says, "May hair & make-up are not done. The house is a mess.
The dishes are not done. I'm still in my pajamas and I can't be bothered cooking tonight.
What the hell did you bring him to our home for ?!?!"
The husband replies....
"Because he's thinking of getting married."
Do we really intend to Love Forever?
When we are newly in love, we believe that it will last forever. As soon as we have a previous history of love to refer to, we realise that it might last a minute or anything might happen.
If two people work together with the same goal in mind, will the love have at least a possibility of a forever after?
If two people work together with the same goal in mind, will the love have at least a possibility of a forever after?
interesting read in Psychology Today
A gentleman wrote in saying he is trying to be everything for his wife and providing everything she wants, but he is not getting what he wants...sex.
The Psychologist responded to his concern...and she states that in today's world with the roles of women and men changing, there is confusion of sorts going on with both genders. One thing she states about women, the same qualities that they want in a loving relationship, are the same qualities that DO NOT foster a drive for sex.
Hmmmm
Her recommendation to the gentleman was to talk with his wife....basically no real solution.
The Psychologist responded to his concern...and she states that in today's world with the roles of women and men changing, there is confusion of sorts going on with both genders. One thing she states about women, the same qualities that they want in a loving relationship, are the same qualities that DO NOT foster a drive for sex.
Hmmmm
Her recommendation to the gentleman was to talk with his wife....basically no real solution.
Perfect match - but which one?
Let's call him A (for Adventure 
) he's around 50, a good technician, will never have a problem finding a job, right now he's up for technical manager at his company with one other candidate and feeling increasingly stressed. He and his wife used to do a lot of hiking, and he wants to quit the job and go hiking for a month in the mountains to re-set his head. The route he's looking at has scattered villages but there would also be some nights they'd have to camp out.
His wife, a full-time housewife, takes a little persuading. She leaves all the route-planning and arrangements up to him but finds out all the kit they will need, buys it, packs it, and sorts their iron rations. They’ll be limited to a 40kg load – it is understood he will carry the 30kg backpack, she the 10kg one. He will pitch the tent on the nights they sleep out, sort the campsite (including lighting the fire), she will cook nutritious meals, make chunky sandwiches for each following day, and warm his sleeping bag at night. She's genuinely looking forward to it.
Or
His wife is completely up for it, and gets her employers to agree she can take the month off. They study the route together, shop together, and will carry equal 20kg packs. They’ll share all the chores and take it in turns to lead the climb, and since good sleep is essential, they will pitch their tents alongside each other on the nights they sleep out
Or
She tells him he’s insane and simply reacting to stress at the office. If he ducks out now he will never recover the ground he’s about to lose, all the time he has invested in his career so far will be put back years. She suggests instead that he go for a weekend hike with a friend from his climbing group.
Or
She says oh, okay, when will you go? Enjoy yourself!
Which wife would he want – and, maybe a different answer, which wife does he need?
(For those who think I use CS only for book research, yes and no - this isn't a book in the making but yup, genuinely interested in what people think)
) he's around 50, a good technician, will never have a problem finding a job, right now he's up for technical manager at his company with one other candidate and feeling increasingly stressed. He and his wife used to do a lot of hiking, and he wants to quit the job and go hiking for a month in the mountains to re-set his head. The route he's looking at has scattered villages but there would also be some nights they'd have to camp out. His wife, a full-time housewife, takes a little persuading. She leaves all the route-planning and arrangements up to him but finds out all the kit they will need, buys it, packs it, and sorts their iron rations. They’ll be limited to a 40kg load – it is understood he will carry the 30kg backpack, she the 10kg one. He will pitch the tent on the nights they sleep out, sort the campsite (including lighting the fire), she will cook nutritious meals, make chunky sandwiches for each following day, and warm his sleeping bag at night. She's genuinely looking forward to it.
Or
His wife is completely up for it, and gets her employers to agree she can take the month off. They study the route together, shop together, and will carry equal 20kg packs. They’ll share all the chores and take it in turns to lead the climb, and since good sleep is essential, they will pitch their tents alongside each other on the nights they sleep out
Or
She tells him he’s insane and simply reacting to stress at the office. If he ducks out now he will never recover the ground he’s about to lose, all the time he has invested in his career so far will be put back years. She suggests instead that he go for a weekend hike with a friend from his climbing group.
Or
She says oh, okay, when will you go? Enjoy yourself!
Which wife would he want – and, maybe a different answer, which wife does he need?
(For those who think I use CS only for book research, yes and no - this isn't a book in the making but yup, genuinely interested in what people think)
HE is a practical joker
I am convinced of it. I met a perfect woman. Single, sweet, well educated and gorgeous too. There is a catch.
She has a bad heart valve and a normal blood pressure of 96 over 82. Tick Tock. Make every second count because the sands in the hourglass may soon be spent.
She has a bad heart valve and a normal blood pressure of 96 over 82. Tick Tock. Make every second count because the sands in the hourglass may soon be spent.
Happy Valentine's Day
I want to wish a Happy Valentine's Day to everyone on the blogs, whether they be friend or foe!
Happy Valentine Day to Every One In Connecting Singles (From falicia to You All)
If You Are Single and Looking?
Do Not Give Up!!
You Will Find That Special Person!
If You Already Have Some One, and Is Special!
Make Sure You Appreciate that Person!
And Do Not Let Go!
Have a Beautiful Day Every One
Love From faliciaXO
Do Not Give Up!!
You Will Find That Special Person!
If You Already Have Some One, and Is Special!
Make Sure You Appreciate that Person!
And Do Not Let Go!
Have a Beautiful Day Every One
Love From faliciaXO
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