Marriage Encounters : Leaving vs Celibacy
Over a sparkling glass, or two, of champagne together with a few of my favorite girlfriends, the subject jokingly turned to our Top 10 Annoying Things Guys Do that can have their gals giving serious thought to up and leaving immediately or, seriously imposing celibacy conditions.
We all agreed that 'men and their toilet issues' were 'firmly seated' at the top of the irritation list, for example:
* their protracted and unreasonably long toilet stays
* their constantly leaving the toilet seat up
* their peeing all over the bowl, floor, tiles, wall etc
* their never replacing the toilet roll
So, then the question was - Are these considered serious enough to constitute grounds for 'leaving him' or 'imposing celibacy conditions'?....Probably Not!
However, I recently came across this hilarious post that surely stands firmly in its own pride of place - it is 'How To End Your Marriage Instantly' from www.lighteningonline.com
Lightening, the writer, offered this hilarious (excerpted) look at a situation that truly could contribute to the decision to 'instantly end a marriage'.
'Take a bunch of fat cantankerous sheep and ask your wife to help you draft them.
Make sure your wife is overtired and brewing a cold so that she bursts into tears instantaneously without really being able to explain why.
Then call out instructions to her from where you’re standing, causing the sheep to run away from you just when she finally has them running the right way. Therefore, making her job harder and making her feel even more stupid than before.
When she bursts into tears, tell her she’s doing a good job so that she feels even worse about bursting into tears and then tell her not to worry about drafting the sheep because you have no idea that not completing the job is going to completely decimate what little self esteem she does have.'
On the other hand many aspects of the man/woman relationship and its impact on human sexuality can be equally puzzling. Lets now take a look at celibacy.
Understandably celibacy can be a choice in life - or a condition imposed by an irate woman.
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Example - While attending a Marriage Encounter Weekend, one couple listened to the instructor declare - 'It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other.'
He addressed the men - 'Can you each name and describe your wife's favorite flower?'
The doting and attentive husband leaned over, lightly touched his wife's arm and whispered gently.....
'Self-raising, isn't it?'
Thus began his 'life of celibacy'.
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Leaving versus celibacy? I think when relationships are at such a low point they are probably at the point of celibacy anyway so it doesn’t give much incentive to stay!
I can see your view here – and it does make sense! At DSU we try to find the lighter side of these serious life issues and look for the humor, no that in a real situation this is at all funny. Thanks for visiting and for your comment!
Take care now
Lorrette
A lot of great information provided in the post
Thank you
Pleasure!
I’ve always thought there is always time for everything. Like time to let go, and time to hold on. If the relationship is worth fighting for, it would be great fighting for it without regrets. Anyway, great discussion! Really informative.
Thanks Denis for your positive comment and yes I agree with you that there is a ‘time for all things’ and ‘all things in good time’
Cheers
Lorrette
awesome post really tremendous thoughts you gave here.i always enjoy and laern lot from your post.all the best for upcoming work.
Thanks Monika and nice to have you visit us again.
Cheers
Lorrette
marriage is a relationship which made in heaven but when people get apart it badly affect their mentality of being loyal and reliable to any relationship and this is not good.anyways great topic.
Hello Monika
Yes marriage is something that has to be ‘diplomatically handled’ I would say!
Cheers
Lorrette
I always pray that my girls will find love quickly!
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Hi Angela
As long as we are mums, we will find ourselves praying these types of prayers. God Bless!!
Lorrette
Thanks for this informative post, i think i would like to re visit your blog. awesome work dude
Thank you Robert – big soccer fan here too!!
This is one of the best post i even seen today, many thanks for this and i was bookmarking your site. Hope to see more article from you in the near future. Thanks for this buddy.
Thanks there Andi for your positive feedback.
Cheers
Lorrette
love others to get loved. Think of your friends who are lonely and devise plans as to how you can help them find their love interest. This way, the more you spread love, the greater is the chances of love streaming in to your life.
I’m with you Annie…love makes the world keep going round!!
Be Firm in the Relationship. Think it over and over before you decide anything about the relationship. Whatever decision you make will not only affect your future relationship with your partner – it can cause a lifetime regret if you’ll realize in the end that it’s him that you want to be with.
Hmmm – good advice there Monika..Thank you
You make some good points, but it’s very difficult to trust someone who has cheated on you. And if there are reasons why she would have done then it probably means you are not in a happy relationship anyway.
Possibly, but maybe this one should be read for its humor!!
Cheers
Lorrette
Great Article .It is really essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other. well sometimes small issues become big factors if you stew on them long enough.
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Hi There Sam
Thanks for the positive feedback on the article, I am pleased you enjoyed it. Sometimes it is the small things they cause the most trouble, you are soooo right though, you just have to make a genuine effort to know your partner!! Good Advice.
Celebrate Life
Lorrette
Great insights into marriage. It’s funny how small issues become big factors if you stew on them long enough. I think the that men pay very little attention to the small details, while the small details to us are very important.
When you think of it realistically leaving the toilet seat up is not really a life changing action, but a lot of women find it really annoying (guilty here), and men find it difficult to understand what the problem is. A part of me thinks that this is more of a small control issue. Women like to think that their men spend time thinking of them. Clearly, leaving the toilet seat up means that your man is insensitive to your needs(lol), and does not appreciate all that you do.
Jenny
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You know Jenny I somehow believe the toilet seat thing is always going to be a ‘contentious’ issue between men and women -seems it is a ‘bug’ that we are born with and use instinctively. Thank you for your great and humorous comment.
Celebrate Life with the Toilet Seat ‘Down’
Lorrette
I think marriage is very essential because it gives responsibilities so any one can be responsible. About your post it was really nice and very well written. Keep sharing.
Why, I thank you very graciously for your positive and kind feedback. Even though the point of the post was to poke some fun at marriage, I agree with your comment on what marriage means. Thank you for sharing.
Celebrating All That Is Life
Lorrette
Although dating etiquette has become more relaxed during the twentieth century, there are considerable differences between social and personal values. For example, when an activity costs money (for example, a meal), traditionally the man was expected to pay; but in recent times the practice of “going Dutch” (splitting the expenses) has become more common and more acceptable.
It’s all very funny of course but truly sometimes you really start considering celibacy while living with him under the same roof. As for leaving, for me it seems to be not easier than building up relations.
True – it took me a couple of go’s to get it right and now I could not be happier. Although on the subject of celibacy I do believe that a majority of married women although happily married find a degree of celibacy a blessing. Lifestyle, kids, jobs etc, etc are effective libido killers don’t you think?
Lorrette
Hi Lorrette, It’s me again. Another informative post here. Thank’s again and I really enjoy reading it. About the toilet seat-up, I always wondered why they don’t get mad that we leave them down.
Miyaka – nice to hear from you again. Your comment about the toilet seat is interesting and certainly begs the question ‘Why don’t guys get mad that we leave it up’?, perhaps some of our other readers might have some suggestions.
Humor and Daily Screw-Ups are my playpens and laughter is something I have always thoroughly enjoyed.
Lightening, the pleasure was all mine and you can bank on the fact that I will be back. Thank you for taking the time out to visit DSU, read the post and leave a comment.
Celebrate Life and Laughter
Lorrette