Marriage links for the week
How is marriage doing? Fox News gives some detailed statistics concerning the state of marriage in the United States. Not that they have any relevance to specific situations, but they're still interesting if a little depressing. Thanks to Ryan for the link.
Messy Christian ponders how marriage would affect her life. She seems to think the effect would be bad, but I say it all depends on whom you marry and how you cultivate the relationship.
Marla has a great story about her sleep-induced psychosis. It reminds me of a time when I cooked some soup while Mrs. Happy took a nap. When the soup was done, I woke her up and told her to come to the table. She looked at me coyly and said, "The soup's done? You must have been coming in here and messing with me quite a bit." I had no idea what she meant. I tried to help her out of bed, but she fought me off desperately and refused to even sit up, saying, "If I get up, it'll all fall out!" A few moments passed and she began laughing hysterically. She laughed for several minutes without stopping and couldn't tell me why. She finally was able to come to the table, catch her breath, and tell me that she had been vividly dreaming that she was a can of soup. We had been married less than six months at the time.
One columnist in an African paper expresses some doubt about a study that assigns monetary value to a year's worth of good sex as well as a year of a good marriage. I'm not entirely sure what currency he's referring to, but if it's Rupees, then 100,000 Rupees is roughly equivalent to 2,200 US dollars.
Rey says a thank you to everyone who's been praying for him.
