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I disagree that child rearing is NOT a lifetime commitment. The love and concern you have for your kid never goes away even though the kid ain't living with you anymore.
As far as I'm concerned with lifetime commitments, I avoid them at all costs.
Some of you took issue with the idea that children aren't a lifetime commitment. Fair enough. But when it comes to marriage, it seems rather strange to expect people to commit to one person for as much as 70 years. Imagine if someone told you that you could never change jobs or houses.
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Originally Posted by DennyCrane
Some of you took issue with the idea that children aren't a lifetime commitment. Fair enough. But when it comes to marriage, it seems rather strange to expect people to commit to one person for as much as 70 years. Imagine if someone told you that you could never change jobs or houses.
Well, I need a job to live. I need shelter. Marriage is entirely optional, so I'm not sure the similarity is there.
I'm trying to think of something that once you commit to it, you're expected to honor that commitment til the day you die.
Didn't read any others, and it's probably been mentioned, but religious orders come to mind. Not altogether common, currently, but for most who take them on, it's intended to be a lifelong thing. I know one pastor who left the profession to go back to school and become an architect, but he now uses his skills building mission churches in Central America, so in effect, he's still ministering, he just doesn't do so from a congregational leadership standpoint.
But for most religious leaders, it's a lifelong thing.
I also disagree that family/children aren't a lifelong commitment. They may not be a parent's lifelong RESPONSIBILITY, but they are still a commitment. You are still a parent.
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