A Couple More Years

second-class citizens in their own country. Secondly, gay and lesbian couples fought for benefits that come with being married. They weren’t allowed to make decisions for their spouse or allow them on their health insurance plans because they weren’t family. Heterosexual couples were allowed to add their husband or wives on their plans. Lastly, they wanted to be seen a legal and not have any more challenges to their status as a married couple. People are trying to find a way to go around the…

the ability to communicate with one another. When a couple is consumed with negativity and unresolved conflicts it can affect both the past and the future of the relationship. Like in most relationships there are both happy and bad memories. However, if the relationship is filled with unresolved conflict and negatively it can be hard to remember the positive times or why you got married in the first. Without proper communication skills couples can easily create a hostile environment for the…

that cohabitating couples are not a “real or acceptable union.” Cohabitating relationships do not last long, love each other less and are not considered a “real” family when children are involved. To be honest, cohabitation is on the rise. More and more couples are coming to the realization that marriage is unnecessary. With that being said, I would rather cohabitate than marry. Who has the right to say that couples that do not marry, will end sooner than couples united through…

crooks? People who have been cheated by the scalawags would have a harder life, since they give out most of their money. Crooks can really destroy a happy family with a short period of time. In order to know more about how the people who have been cheated live, I would like to interview an old couple that uses to lives next to my house. My interviewees are named Mrs. Yu and Mr. Yu. They were nice and easy to believe people. Cheaters are those people who put people in a straitened circumstance. I…

aspects and to thoroughly enable the reader to grasp the overall theme. The “they” the author refers to is an older couple, hinted at by the words “old” and “pair.” The addition of “yellow” adds an extra element of imagery, since the…

quite leaves the mind. A muscle memory type recollection, that unconditional love felt between individuals at that moment holds the possibility to shape all relationships. Those relationships do not depend on a beginning but more on the continuous support exchanged for years past and to come, no matter the individuals involved. Unfortunately, some never experience emotion so impactful and therefore have no sense of being loved, a sense craved by all. Imagine a world in which all people had the…

result of the behavior of a couple. These couples may have never filed for a marriage license or enjoyed a wedding day, yet, in the eyes of the law, they are married. How does common law marriage happen? In Texas, three elements are required to prove a couple is common law married. First, the couple must have mutually agreed to be married. One partner cannot claim the couple is married if the other partner has expressed an objection to this relationship. Next, the couple must have held…

Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, argues in her article “The Downside of Living Together” that couples can increase their chances of making mistakes by moving in together. She also mentioned that couples who cohabited have greater possibility of divorcing and creating unhappiness. Although Jay’s paper had a great organization and she strongly argues her points about cohabitated by providing facts and sample which happens to be her client, were unrepresentative, weak and illogical. The author…

family values are changing more often, whereas in the past values were meaningful and everyone lived by them. In our society today, there have been an increase in diverse family, partial upbringing of children, economic changes within the family and reproductive technologies. Marriages in this generation usually end in divorce. Usually in recent decades those who get married end up divorce months or years later. According to the text, “the U.S. divorce rate has more than tripled over the…

Interracial couples have been stared at while in public and dealt with rude comments from strangers about their relationship. Only forty-four years ago interracial relationships were made legal throughout the country, and it’s more common for people to marry outside of their race. The growth of interracial relationships coincides with changes in the legality of them and what some would consider, changing of negative perceptions towards people in interracial relationships. Even though more people…