The Changing Face of Marriage

My parents have always been very strict about keeping in touch with my faith as I grow older. For the past 18 years, my parents would take me and my four siblings to church everyday Sunday. Not only have their influences rubbed off on me because of their strong religion, but I know I will carry their ways of teaching myself onto my family as well. My father converted after he married my mom, which shows his dedication of wanting to be a strong Christian role model for his children. My family is so close and as I continue to grow up, I know I can truly say that religion is a huge part of who my family is. However, many families nowadays split due to parents divorce and do not experience a domestic household like many others. I hope to raise my children to be faithful to their religion and show them to raise their children in a domestic church environment like my parents have done for me.

Some Say Love...

I believe that one of the most important qualities of love in a relationship is trust. Without trust between a couple, nothing could be pursued between two people compared to if there was trust. In addition, I think that it is important to find someone who loves you unconditionally and will accept your flaws and see past them. In other words, empathy is just as important as trust because each person in a relationship needs to be understanding in any situation that comes their way.

In several of my favorite songs, many portray positive vibes of falling in love. In Zac Effron and Vanessa Hudgens song Just Wanna Be With You they sing, “no matter where life takes us nothing can break us apart”. This shows that they will do anything to stay together no matter what is thrown their way in the course of life. Next, in Chris Brown’s song Next To You he sings, “One day when the sky is falling I’ll be standing right to you”. Meaning that through anything and everything he will always remain faithful to the person he loves and will never give up on the relationship. In Taylor Swift’s song Crazier, she writes “you showed me something that I couldn’t see, you opened my eyes and you made me believe; you lift my feet off the ground’ spin me around you make me crazier”, she is saying that the person who she is falling in love with opened her eyes to new thoughts and experiences that she would not have seen without him. In addition, in the song Wanted by Hunter Hayes, he sings “I just wanna wrap you up.. wanna make you feel wanted”, in other words he will do anything to make the other person in the relationship feel wanted and special which something that is needed in a relationship.

In total agreement, I think that many people are too busy looking for their “soul mate”, that they may actually miss out on some amazing people and different experiences. I believe when looking for someone to fully commit yourself too, we can put that in fates hands because what relationship and person is right, will be meant to be. 

Gender and Dating Relationships

I believe that this article rings true in some cases. When Andy Otto refers to the stereotypical proposal of our current society between a man and a wife, he says it is always the same. I believe that it is hard to be different and go against the typical engagement/proposal because it has been going on for so many years. The readers response who believes that it is not entirely fair to place the burden on women’s expectations alone is correct in my eyes. I believe it goes both ways, the men are just as responsible for these traditions that have been carried on for years. This article compares yet has its differences with my love story project. More specifically, my father proposed to my mom in a different way than most couples. After 2 years of dating, my dad thought it was finally time to propose to my mom. So he left the ring under my moms pillow in hopes that she would find it when she woke up. Although this is not typically how one proposes nowadays, but dad told me he wanted to do something “unique and different” which I believe set a very good example for my siblings and I for the future.