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"SHOT DOWN"????????

I'll probably get shot down like a Mig 29 flying over our capital, and my age will surely show through bigtime, but here goes anyway...Perhaps this will qualify as an issue I feel strongly about. As I was reading class blogs, I became interested in Andrea's blog. I sincerely hope she doesn't take me wrong and feel I'm picking on her. Background: I have helped my lovely wife raise 3 boys and 2 girls. The issue I am going to discuss is why do young people want to be involved in very serious relationships?? Both my daughters seemed to go through this, the youngest got married at age 18, the older one broke up with her longtime boyfriend, finished nursing school, then they got back together and married. They are both happily married now, or so it seems, but I think the one who was single longer is probably better off. Serious relationships have their place, but in lots of ways, they limit the things a person can experience. I feel young people need to experience life on their own for a few years before they commit to a serious relationship. It helps them to understand and deal with situations, feelings, etc, that come up in later life in committed relationships. I know a person can be lonely, we have a friend who is a single mother, approx. 30 yo, who wants to find Mr. Right, but what I want to know is "should a person in their teens or early 20's even have time for, let alone, be committed to a serious relationship???"

posted by kevin @ 9:17 AM