2007-11-20 15:11:09 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
"G.V." wrote : "It does not have to be a life sentence. You can get out if you feel it is a prison."
Okay, but what about the catholics who view divorce as a mortal sin that they will burn in hell for doing?
2007-11-20 15:17:27 · update #1
I have been married 27 years & it does not feel like a prison.
Marriage prison is when you are married and want to do right mentally because of the golden rule, but your heart wants to explore other entities. You put yourself in a mental prison. "Now that I am married, I can't do this or that anymore!" Marriage is not for everyone. If you have doubts, don't get married. I don't care if you are standing in front of the preacher. Marriage is a life commitment to the love of your life and to yourself. You are ready to settle down & start a new wonderful journey. Alway be yourself & love yourself. Never change for nobody. If you meet a person that you have to alter the real you(unless it is for the better), when you get married the real you evolves and that's when the problem begins. And if there are problems before, there will be problems after. The prison is a negative view of marriage. Remember, there are no perfect people, so in turn there are no perfect marriages. True love comes with time. Also noone is a prisoner to addictions, violence, adulturous behavior. You put yourself in that prison, noone else. You make the right choices for YOU!
2007-11-20 15:39:39 · answer #1 · answered by suzyqu81 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a cynical point of view. If you feel marriage is a prison, don't get married. It's supposed to be a journey through life with a person you wish to be with, not a jail cell. If anyone views their marriage as a jail sentence, then they should not be married.
What is all this marriage vs living together vs being single. Each person should do what they wish to do and live as they wish to in life; if you believe in marriage - get married, if you want to be single - stay single. Each is a choice not some sentence placed on you by a judge or jury.
2007-11-20 15:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by pussycat 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Lets look at this logically. Do you really think God has no common sense? Do you think He would really agree to a spouse staying in an unhealthy marriage....an abusive marriage? While I am not religious, I do believe there is a higher power and we call him God. Everything I have read makes me believe that God is Love. Abuse isnt love, unhappiness isnt love, so why stay in an abusive or unhappy relationship? The Catholics have all kinds of beliefs....the same as the Mormons, the Penticostals, the Seventh Day
Adventists, the Church of England, the Baptists, the Presberterians.....the list is long. If you are a religious person, dont just believe what the Catholics or any other religion says, look it up yourself.....read the Bible....isnt that the word of God? Read about His love and see him as a sensible entity. He's not stupid, He doesnt want us to suffer. Religion lacks logic as far as I can see. I think, in a lot of cases it gives God a bad name. No wonder people dont get into Religion because lots of religions have too many rules which are not of God, but are man made. You wont go to hell if you get out of your unhappy marriage. God understands all I am led to believe. I guess the Catholics dont really believe that He is far superior to any of their man-made rules and beliefs.
2007-11-20 15:25:37 · answer #3 · answered by rightio 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the life sentence began the moment you decided that marriage was a prison. Life is what you make it and anything worth anything takes work and compromise and a certain amount of sacrifice. If you view these things as shackles and a marriage as a life sentence, I must ask why would you consider marriage, you do not believe in it and therefor it probably would be a prison for you, because that is how you see it. Life is perception my friend,what you see is what you get.
2007-11-20 15:31:44 · answer #4 · answered by CindyLu 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Catholics do not consider divorce a mortal sin. Remarrying without an anulment is a sin.
2007-11-20 15:31:42 · answer #5 · answered by NeeNee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not have to be a life sentence. You can get out if you feel it is a prison.
2007-11-20 15:14:31 · answer #6 · answered by G.V. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I don't believe that marriage is a prison or a life sentence, but it would start after you say, "I do."
2007-11-20 15:14:14 · answer #7 · answered by LunaRossa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you stop communicating. As hard as it is, talk to each other, be real, exress your feelings....I just found out tonight my ex husband is remarrying....I left (felt like an indentured servent), we were together almost 20 years...not a day goes by that I don't wish I had been able to express my feelings constructively and wish he could take some responsibility for our relationship.
2007-11-20 15:20:49 · answer #8 · answered by happygirlme48 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marriage is not a prison if you're married to the person you love.
2007-11-20 15:13:11 · answer #9 · answered by zil28ennov 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it's a life sentence, it ends when you or your spouse expire. But fortunately, marriage is not a life sentence. In fact, you can end it at any time.
2007-11-20 15:14:53 · answer #10 · answered by jognmiles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋