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Originally Posted by fxashun
Why?
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Because you are excluding a LARGE portion of human history and living arrangements.
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Please define what you mean by modern times.
Sayyy about 400 years or so. (guessing)
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Fair enough. In that 400 years, it has been common for a man to be married and also have a mistress, or to cheat. So much for monogamy.
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That is interesting. I have not found a reason that one of us should be the 'leader' in our relationship. To me a healthy relation ship should be equal.
That's you. I lead my household. But we work together. But someone has to take charge IMHO.
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With all due respect, if you 'lead,' then she must 'follow.' That does not imply an equal relationship.
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Only 35 40 years...
So respect wasn't implied in a marriage 45 years ago? I guess I got it all wrong then. The to have and to hold and for better or worse schpele must be a new thing.
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That 'spiel' is a promise not to leave each other, if you look at it's anatomy. But to answer your question, one would HOPE that this was the couple's intent, but there is was no guarantee of this.
What marriage imples is a very inividual thing, based on your upbringing.
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actually that, again would be incorrect.
In what way?
What women have done for hundereds of yars would not be natural childbirth????
This is natural childbirth as explained to us, what are you referring to?
Why Have Natural Childbirth?
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The term 'natural childbirth' is a fairly recent one.
There has been great variety in different cultures with the birthing process. There are some that used herbal concoctions to alleviate the pain and there are others that did nothing. The point is that natural childbirth has varied greatly in practice, much like marriage has.