I too googled companionate marriage.\u00c2\u00a0 My google sources tell me that<\/p>\n
Definition: <\/strong><\/span>A companionate marriage is based on the spouses having mutual interests in their careers and children. Spouses in companionate marriages believe in the equality of men and women and believe their roles in marriage are interchangeable.<\/p>\n Both individuals in a companionate marriage need self-awareness and self-confidence in order for the marriage to be successful. Without trust, friendship, commitment, and shared values, a companionate marriage may be difficult to maintain.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Along with this nifty quote:<\/p>\n “At the core of a companionate marriage is friendship and trust and the belief that both partners have equal responsibility in all domains of the marriage. They share the economic burdens and child rearing, and they believe that both partners’ sexual needs and wishes should be clearly articulated and fulfilled. They also recognize that when the children are young and career issues are pressing, their own needs as individuals have to be placed on the back burner. These couples know that people living side by side experience inevitable conflicts that must be confronted openly. They understand that mutual commitment is what holds the marriage together.” The divorce rate in America for first marriage, vs second or third marriage \u00c2\u00a0Hmm.\u00c2\u00a0 Seems like America is not doing so hot with these companionate marriages. But what is the alternative?\u00c2\u00a0 Arranged marriages?\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, there are fewer divorces in arranged marriages, but that’s becuase the freedom to divorce someone you don’t like kind of goes hand in hand with the freedom to marry whoever you want in the first place.\u00c2\u00a0 The vision of marriage has changed so drastically in our country over the years; and that’s not even talking about the varying visions of marriage throughout other cultures around the world.\u00c2\u00a0 What is an ideal marriage?<\/p>\n I’m not being rhetorical–I really would like to know.\u00c2\u00a0 And if a companionate marriage based on mutual love and friendship and understanding and passion the ideal, at least for Americans; does it even really exist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I too googled companionate marriage.\u00c2\u00a0 My google sources tell me that Definition: A companionate marriage is based on the spouses having mutual interests in their careers and children. Spouses in companionate marriages believe in the equality of men and women and believe their roles in marriage are interchangeable. Both individuals in a companionate marriage need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/robyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/robyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/robyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/robyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/robyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/robyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/robyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/robyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/robyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSource: The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts<\/em>by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee, page 155
\nApparently, most marriages in America today are considered “companionate marriages.”\u00c2\u00a0 As much as having a life companion and a soul mate is a really nice idea,<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce, according to Jennifer Baker of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n