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Compared Singleness and Marriage

 
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Keepongoing



Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:22 pm    Post subject: Compared Singleness and Marriage Reply with quote

In the past, one of my 20 year old male students wrote this comparing marriage and singleness:

"After marriage, the size of the bed is different from before. And men could have another mom, because the mother and wife are a like. (talked, talked, talked...) Furthermore, It would be not the same as Sunday before marriage, man can't have deep sleep on Sunday, they have to wake up early and go on a picnic with their family.
But the skill of telling a lie and not being detected are important.This truth is the same as before."


I found his writing quite profound.
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I enjoy collecting these gems. Thanks for posting that.
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Anasazi



Joined: 25 May 2005

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At least he's recognized some Freudian overtones to marriage - pretty impressive for a twenty year old. Is "Oedipal" one of the vocabulary words?
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anasazi wrote:
At least he's recognized some Freudian overtones to marriage - pretty impressive for a twenty year old. Is "Oedipal" one of the vocabulary words?


She. "Electra."
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periwinkle



Joined: 08 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow. Whomever he marries will have caught herself a real gem. What he wrote made my skin crawl.
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komtengi



Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

why is it that in Korea to do anything family orientated is considered such a big hassle?? When I have kids I'd be more than happy to wake up early to play with them.
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manlyboy



Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

komtengi wrote:
why is it that in Korea to do anything family orientated is considered such a big hassle?? When I have kids I'd be more than happy to wake up early to play with them.


I believe many a failed parent has gone into child raising with good intentions such as these.
I don't believe anybody can accurately predict what kind of parent they will be. When you're sleepless, stressed, and strung out (as you will be), you're acting on instinct, and free willed best intentions have got nothing to do with it.
Apprehension and trepidation in parents-to-be is a good sign. It means they understand the seriousness and weight of the situation they are about to be in. It's the ones who think they're just going to cruise through parenthood who tend to mess it up.
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animalbirdfish



Joined: 04 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anasazi wrote:
At least he's recognized some Freudian overtones to marriage - pretty impressive for a twenty year old. Is "Oedipal" one of the vocabulary words?


Actually, the scary thing is that I don't think he realized anything.
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