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Somehow we've gone from a time when
married couples on TV sitcoms had to
sleep in twin beds and "Let's Spend the
Night Together" was too obscene to
play on the radio to now.

When "Let's Spend the Night Together"
seems innocent. When TV sitcoms are all
about horny housewives committing adultery.
When commercials for Viagra are broadcast
during prime time. When people dancing
during a break in the Superbowl can
arrange to have a breast shown and many
people defend that.

And that so many people think that getting
married in their 20s is too young? They
think they can't possibly be "ready" before
they're 47 years old.

1. If you wait until you're "ready" to make
such a big change of life, you never will.
Nobody is ever "ready" for marriage. You
just do it.

It's like diving into a swimming pool. Your
body is going to go from dry hot air to
cool wet water no matter how much time you
spend thinking about it.

2. They're living together anyway.

As far as I'm concerned, that's marriage.

I'm enough of a libertarian that I am not
impressed by the state granting men and
women permission to live together.

Since time began, marriage has meant a
guy and a gal living together -- sharing
food, shelter, a bed, the resulting
children etc.

If you're doing that, you're already married
for all practical purposes.

How did we get here?

I'm influenced by the same "sexual revolution"
yet I don't understand.



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