06-20-2003, 02:50 PM
There was a great deal of social experimenting with
Open marriages
Multi partner unions
Variations on communal living that approximate the options you delineate.
I suspect that there may still be some communities who hold to those models.
They do not seem to have caught on, rather, what seems to have evolved in the past generation is a pretty significant divide.
1. Those who approach the bond as 'a two person team' and choose not to add levels of complexity beyond the challenging dynamic of two personalities.
2. Those who don't bother with the bond, or who pay it lip service.
Then there are those who work to actively destroy the very concept of marriage, and who still wish to substitute a father with the State.
Open marriages
Multi partner unions
Variations on communal living that approximate the options you delineate.
I suspect that there may still be some communities who hold to those models.
They do not seem to have caught on, rather, what seems to have evolved in the past generation is a pretty significant divide.
1. Those who approach the bond as 'a two person team' and choose not to add levels of complexity beyond the challenging dynamic of two personalities.
2. Those who don't bother with the bond, or who pay it lip service.
Then there are those who work to actively destroy the very concept of marriage, and who still wish to substitute a father with the State.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete