word.life.poetry. expound on whatever. social conscience. random thoughts. one love.

yeah john, i remember your stand on this from a while back. it seems like this gets brought up every few months or something. a lot of people have pretty strong opinions on this.

on a different note, i hear that cbs has canceled nash bridges. boooooo to them. i know they like killing off shows in their infancy (like brooklyn south and martial law), but you can't deny what nash has done for the local economy. last i heard, they put in several million a year. not to mention there's a show in my own backyard that isn't "full house." *sigh* i will never get my chance to be an extra on nash bridges.
posted by Robbz one at 3:20 AM

i don't believe in soul mates. i don't believe in "THE ONE".

i think we talked about this before.. yeah? not sure.

good post rob. very interesting.
posted by pop-[n]-fresh Lolo Jonapario at 9:31 PM

Marriage scholars worry search for 'soul mates' is unrealistic
GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, June 12, 2001
©2001 Associated Press

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American 20-somethings have a largely romantic view of marriage, a new study shows.

And researchers say that like those literary romantics Romeo and Juliet, they may be blind to the consequences of their quests for an idealized mate who serves their every physical and emotional need.

Nearly 19 in 20 never-married respondents to a national survey agree that "when you marry you want your spouse to be your soul mate, first and foremost," according to the State of Our Unions: 2001 study released Wednesday by Rutgers University.

David Popenoe, a Rutgers sociologist and one of the study's authors, said that view might spell doom for marriages.

"It really provides a very unrealistic view of what marriage really is," Popenoe said. "The standard becomes so high, it's easy to bail out if you didn't find a soul mate."

The survey points to a fundamental dilemma in which younger people want more from the institution of marriage while they seemingly are unwilling to make the necessary commitments.

(more of the article under the link at top)

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so.. what do you think? i can't say for myself cuz i feel indifferent about it right now.. but what is a soul mate really?
posted by Robbz one at 11:20 AM

"aaand i meaaaan it frooom daaaaa bottom of myyyy heart"
posted by MuSikLuVer * at 12:48 AM

"weeeeeee alll neeeeeeeed some-body to leaaaaaan on."

one of my co-workers was singing that.
posted by Robbz one at 2:47 AM

the leaves fell
from the early summer draft.
we are the tree,
we are the branches.

and our memories:
the leaves.

and the wind blows,
as we sway
to its rythmn.

you are the elegance
of my uprooted bark.

and we sway.

don't go too far,
we can stay strong.

why do are leaves
used for the nest of another tree's branch?
posted by pop-[n]-fresh Lolo Jonapario at 10:28 PM