Sultana

A thread in the sexuality forum has prodded me to post about something I've been thinking about lately.

Why do people say that love lasts forever?

Why is marriage supposed to be life-long?

Is it the church/religious policies from the days of yore, building life-long clauses into legal ceremonies? I know that divorce and abandonment were condemned (depending on interpretation of various texts), but how does the church benefit from discouraging divorces?

Is it an overly-built up societial expectation because it's so much easier for pop songs to rhyme those words?

I can't really think of any other types of chosen relationships or partnerships where people seriously hope for/expect a life-long committment.

Why do people buy into the idea that *Llllooooovvvveeeee*, True Love (tm), is a forever thing?

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At night, the ice weasels come." -

Matt Groening

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