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We Have Two Topics to Choose from This Week in Discussion

Answer all questions for one topic (Emerging Adulthood or Adulthood)

The first question is concerning topics in Emerging Adulthood:  LET'S TALK RELATIONSHIPS

Is the divorce rate actually 50% as we often hear?Discuss what makes for a happy and satisfying relationship?Does cohabitation before marriage increase the likelihood of staying together?Discuss domestic abuse. What is it? Are there different types of abuse? What are the symptoms?How prevalent is domestic abuse? What age group does it affect most?Did you learn anything new on this topic that stood out to you? Please share with us!What do you consider to be the take home points from this topic based on what you learned in the text (and from experience if you wish to share)?

The second question is concerning topics in Adulthood:  LET'S TALK MARRIAGE

Is marriage beneficial? How so? How not?Later on in marriage seems to be more blissful according to the research. Did it just miraculously get this way over time?Does time help abusive relationships improve?Does sharing the same religion help improve a couple's chance of a happy marriage?Discuss the impact of divorce.Did you learn anything new on this topic that stood out to you? Please share with us!What do you consider to be the take home points from this topic based on what you learned in the text (and from experience if you wish to share)?

** Remember that you should be working to connect your answers with information from our textbook in a way that demonstrates your understanding and ability to integrate concepts from our textbook in a meaningful and scholarly way (with page number or proper citations for outside works). **

NOTE: Please Remember:

Main post must be 200 - 400 words AND posted by date listed on course schedule.Responses to others (at least 2) must add to the discussion (ask a question, add thoughts with support etc.), be 150 - 300 words AND posted by date listed on course schedule.You must provide proper citations/references for any outside sources (scholarly) or use our text and provide page numbers.Substantively explain your reasoning with ample support for your position (with evidence from our textbook and outside sources, experiences, as needed) and be sure to answer all portions of the discussion questions.Attempt to stretch your own boundaries as you contemplate this question and respond. Discuss new learning as discussion continues if applicable.NO spelling/grammar/punctuation errors. Think college essay!

**Please remember that this is an academic forum and therefore, your responses should be appropriate and well presented for a college level course.

Explanation / Answer

Marriage isone of the most remarkable and most courageous of human acts, the promiseof two human
beings to share life together onall levels --physical, economic, spiritual --a promise made in the face of the
certainty of death, the certainty of change, and the uncertainty of everything else. There is nothing else
quite like this act, nothing sofoolish, nothing so profound.

--From the UU wedding of Douglas Neff & Corey Rothermel

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your
souls...But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
--Kahlil Gibran

How can we tell if our union is a marriage from the heart? To be sure there are signs--just-because gifts,
jokes told through eye contactora quiet touch at exactly the right moment. Partners in this healthy mode
seem tenderly amazed by one another. They have an immense respect for one another and an instinctual
sense of kindness.

--Lois Kellerman, Marriage From the Heart

Marriage can be a complex and difficult topic for people to discuss.We carry value judgments, past history and cultural assumptionsof which we may not even be aware. What's more, families have different preferred styles of dealing with important rites of passage.Somefind that casual conversations offer surprising insights into their family members' deepest thoughts. Others enjoy creating a family ritual one evening a week, when they can focus together on important events in their lives and share in a structured activity. Still others may want to gather with a group of families in their congregation,building a sense of community as they explore this topic together.

If yours is a casual-conversations family, you will find throughout this can be used to spark fresh thoughts on this topic and to launch conversations at meal times or bedtimes;in the caror on awalk; or even while shopping or watching television. In your conversations, or as you ponder your own answers, listen for
statements of personal values around work, leisure, spiritual practice, and family time. The above anecdotes of choices made, whether perceived as good or bad choices, will offer insight, as will"should" statements.

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