tarv wrote:
What would this readiness involve, Empyre? A series of tests, each more fiendish than the last? Reading comprehension test? Pin the tail on the donkey? How do you "prove" you are ready for marriage? I'm curious, since you so vehemently responded to the removal of emotion from the marriage equation before. Would having to garner acceptance and approval suck the passion out of marriage too?
i dont know. If I had that answer, I'd also create a test for parenthood. our country is proving time and again that we cannot handle the responsiblity (in general, not speaking for individuals) of marriage and parenthood. kids are walking the streets and selling drugs, getting pregnant and killing people at ages in the single digits, people are getting married 3 or 4 times before they even know who they are...the list goes on.
personally, I would love for there to be an approval process for both, but I certainly can't imagine anyone on this earth as having the authority or know-how to create this process. The only REAL answer is to educate people to avoid getting married until they know the other person, and not to have kids until they can provide a stable environment for them to live in.
I'm sure there is much more than that, but i like to be as brief as possible to avoid making a post longer than the organ playing the main character in Boogey Nights.