Sandra Daaboul
Santa Daaboul
Notre Dame University - Louaize
ENL 213 – B
Monday, May 26, 2014
The Life of Routine
Outline
Claim: marriages which last for a long period of time lead to a life of routine because of the boredom and the physical and emotional withdrawal.
I. Boredom
A. Lack of fun
B. Death of conversation
II. Physical and emotional withdrawal
A. Less closeness between partners
B. Absence of romance
III. Lasting of romantic love in relationships
A. Originality and independency
B. Sexy marriage, less conflicts and more understanding
The Life of Routine
Marriage is a religiously and socially legal union of a man and a woman who decided to spend their life …show more content…
Having less emotions and passion between couples is a dangerous problem that affects their sexual life which is the base of a relationship and leads to the life of routine and betrayal. According to Ducanto (2012) in his article “Why do marriages fail?” there comes a period where women won’t be able to satisfy her partner’s sexual needs because of the menopause; thus, many men find it hard to understand what their women are going through and also some men don’t accept the symptoms of the menopause and this may lead to emotional and physical withdrawal from both parties’ point of view, in this case the man will find a younger woman who appreciates him and makes him forget his wife’s coldness (p.230).
In addition, love is one thing and marriage is completely a different story, marriage is kind of weird, it’s like, according to a saying, “I love you, let’s get the law involved so you can’t leave”, it’s like obliging your partner to be with you forever till their death which leads to routine and we can mention that marriage has the strength to kill love between two partners. Thus, by time couples will face less closeness and more coldness for so many reasons such as the menopause cited up and also being with the same partner for a lifetime and those are the main causes of …show more content…
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