Waiting For D-Day
An article in Adbusters #76 by Stan Chung. It’s a short story questioning the concept of marriage while telling the story of a couple divorcing after 25 years of marriage.
It’s nothing new to say that men and women can fundamentally misunderstand each other’s needs, but it may be interesting to begin mapping out a new territory for marriage, especially if marriage is to survive beyond children and mortgages and sleek waistlines.
Is it any surprise to you that, according to a recent piece in The Globe and Mail, the majority of divorces above the age of 40 are initiated by women?
Is it any surprise to you that marriage is one factor that statisticians say has proven to increase our life spans? Just as we spurn it, we discover it’s the best thing for us.
As more and more people separate, choose to live alone, or decide not to be married in the first place, marriage becomes the exception not the norm.
Traditional gender roles have changed but many couples are still confused because they don’t know what the new rules are. What does he do? What does she do? Who decides about the position of the toilet seat? How do we find the right balance between our own needs and the needs of our partner?
Baby-boomers are not only facing retirement surrounded by issues such as “the meaning of my life” and the “legacy of my life,” but they also have to pay for the Darn Good Life, and we all know it ain’t cheap.
When people feel a lump on their body, they see a doctor as soon as possible. When people sleep next to what they think is a lump, they’ll wait five, ten, maybe 25 years to do something.