When my son and his girlfriend (later fiancee, later wife) got together, my wife and I became surprised at how much soap opera and drama they were injecting into their relationship. I mean criminy … when did simple cuddling and whispering sweet nothings fall out of fashion?
At least Alex has enough good sense to smile at her own foolishness, in the last panel – some people grow old and die without ever learning how to do that. She’ll be okay.
Maybe Alex should go to Nemesys for some of his navel-gazing Jungian therapy.
Facts don’t mean much in the academic profession, which is littered with “straw men”—-or more precisely, “Hollow Men, headpieces filled with straw”—-but here are some facts showing that the divorce rate among college graduates is under 20%:
I am older and I enjoy serene. My grandson and his wife are ready to slit each others throats. They’re both morons. I just hope the judge lets my wife and me raise our great-grand children.
palin drome, there’s more chaff than wheat in the statistics. Why do men seem to have lower divorce rates than women? (Whom, exactly are they divorcing?)
Anecdotes are even trickier than statistics, but both my parents and my wife’s parents were not college graduates, and they enjoyed happy, stable marriages until death did them part…which was, fortunately, a long time. Perhaps generational or cultural differences?
Bottom line, a college degree is not insurance against divorce, and not having one is no guaranty of it. The temperament and dedication of the individuals involved is what matters; everything else is secondary.
What kind of reverse snobbery moves you and Nemesys to make vacuous observations like “A college degree is not insurance against divorce”? No intelligent person would make that inane claim for a degree. Only those whose education has left them unchanged complain that the grapes (a college degree) are sour. Or maybe it’s their marriage that’s sour. Whatever it is that moves you to dispense wise counsel to the uneducated, your condescension is fatuous—-like that of J.J. and the other recent targets of GT’s satire.
There’s quite a span between “make each other happy” and “make each other miserable”. A little wisdom, sharing, adventure, drama, and daily “learning” keeps things on the happy end, realizing the occasional day or two on the miserable end IS also a part of life to just “get over it”.
Reverse snobbery, palin drome? I didn’t think so, actually. Rather, my position was a neutral one: that higher education is only one factor in a tendency toward (or away from) divorce, and that all situations are, at the end, individual.
If anything, I was only proposing a counter to (what seemed to be) your insistence that having a college education is a preponderant and critical determinant of one’s marital history. It’s certainly one factor, but no more than that.
Everyone’s condescension is fatuous, so I suppose mine would be no exception. :) However, I intended no condescension, and I apologize that anything I said sounded like it. (And I would rather be insulted by someone as literate as you than by someone else…I appreciate the style.)
palin, the specific purpose of my comment was to give my perspective on the specific comment of another poster, who said “If Alex is smart enough to attend MIT, she’s also smart enough to have already determined that the best way to avoid having a life like her mom’s is to listen carefully to her mom’s advice… and then do the exact opposite.”
Being smart enough to go to MIT has nothing to do with being smart enough to take her mom’s romantic advice or not, imnsho. And once again, you have posted interesting facts that have nothing to do with the issue under discussion, which also has nothing to do with the ph of grapes. When you’re in a hole, stop digging.
randgrithr almost 14 years ago
Granny’s been around. This is one of the reasons that’s a good thing when the time comes. Hail Freyja Vanadis - my own wise and sensible.
Dkram almost 14 years ago
Now that’s good advice.
\\//_
autumnfire1957 almost 14 years ago
Some times is good to have reruns
Sandfan almost 14 years ago
What a shallow little twit.
phydeaux44 almost 14 years ago
When my son and his girlfriend (later fiancee, later wife) got together, my wife and I became surprised at how much soap opera and drama they were injecting into their relationship. I mean criminy … when did simple cuddling and whispering sweet nothings fall out of fashion?
Dragoncat almost 14 years ago
Every drama-addicted teenager should have a wise and sensible grandmother.
YOU GO, GRANNY!!!
peter0423 almost 14 years ago
At least Alex has enough good sense to smile at her own foolishness, in the last panel – some people grow old and die without ever learning how to do that. She’ll be okay.
rndman1 almost 14 years ago
had more than enough drama. now serene
cdhaley almost 14 years ago
Maybe Alex should go to Nemesys for some of his navel-gazing Jungian therapy.
Facts don’t mean much in the academic profession, which is littered with “straw men”—-or more precisely, “Hollow Men, headpieces filled with straw”—-but here are some facts showing that the divorce rate among college graduates is under 20%:
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/01/26/college-dropouts-record-higher-divorce-rate/
asa4ever almost 14 years ago
I am older and I enjoy serene. My grandson and his wife are ready to slit each others throats. They’re both morons. I just hope the judge lets my wife and me raise our great-grand children.
peter0423 almost 14 years ago
palin drome, there’s more chaff than wheat in the statistics. Why do men seem to have lower divorce rates than women? (Whom, exactly are they divorcing?)
Anecdotes are even trickier than statistics, but both my parents and my wife’s parents were not college graduates, and they enjoyed happy, stable marriages until death did them part…which was, fortunately, a long time. Perhaps generational or cultural differences?
Bottom line, a college degree is not insurance against divorce, and not having one is no guaranty of it. The temperament and dedication of the individuals involved is what matters; everything else is secondary.
cdhaley almost 14 years ago
@SCAATY
What kind of reverse snobbery moves you and Nemesys to make vacuous observations like “A college degree is not insurance against divorce”? No intelligent person would make that inane claim for a degree. Only those whose education has left them unchanged complain that the grapes (a college degree) are sour. Or maybe it’s their marriage that’s sour. Whatever it is that moves you to dispense wise counsel to the uneducated, your condescension is fatuous—-like that of J.J. and the other recent targets of GT’s satire.
annamargaret1866 almost 14 years ago
Oh, serene, I like that; it sounds so much better than boring!
Dtroutma almost 14 years ago
There’s quite a span between “make each other happy” and “make each other miserable”. A little wisdom, sharing, adventure, drama, and daily “learning” keeps things on the happy end, realizing the occasional day or two on the miserable end IS also a part of life to just “get over it”.
peter0423 almost 14 years ago
Reverse snobbery, palin drome? I didn’t think so, actually. Rather, my position was a neutral one: that higher education is only one factor in a tendency toward (or away from) divorce, and that all situations are, at the end, individual.
If anything, I was only proposing a counter to (what seemed to be) your insistence that having a college education is a preponderant and critical determinant of one’s marital history. It’s certainly one factor, but no more than that.
Everyone’s condescension is fatuous, so I suppose mine would be no exception. :) However, I intended no condescension, and I apologize that anything I said sounded like it. (And I would rather be insulted by someone as literate as you than by someone else…I appreciate the style.)
kfaatz925 almost 14 years ago
Joanie, well said! Although I admit to some Alex-ness in my own temperament. ;)
Nemesys almost 14 years ago
palin, the specific purpose of my comment was to give my perspective on the specific comment of another poster, who said “If Alex is smart enough to attend MIT, she’s also smart enough to have already determined that the best way to avoid having a life like her mom’s is to listen carefully to her mom’s advice… and then do the exact opposite.”
Being smart enough to go to MIT has nothing to do with being smart enough to take her mom’s romantic advice or not, imnsho. And once again, you have posted interesting facts that have nothing to do with the issue under discussion, which also has nothing to do with the ph of grapes. When you’re in a hole, stop digging.
W6BXQ, John almost 14 years ago
TimeWeaver,
Try this link: http://www.cracked.com/article_18756_6-romantic-movie-gestures-that-can-get-you-prison-time.html
W6BXQ, John almost 14 years ago
TimeWeaver,
You need to put a back slash \ before each underscore_. Or go to this link to see how to make links, etc.