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TODAY'S EPISODE

Do you believe in "The One" or finding a soul mate when it comes to relationships. Bill and I share our take on this concept. We both fall on the side of there being many fish in the sea (nuanced you might say?), BUT we get to choose everyday to be committed to this marriage. As Christians, we are in a Covenantal relationship, a promise, between Bill, myself, and God. We also share the downside of second guessing if you married the right person when you believe that there is just one soul mate out there for you, but then find yourself attracted to someone else after you are married. Then there's the vast access to everyone on social media that allows us to consider SO MANY possible partners to connect with. Perhaps overwhelming us and making us less happy in the end because of the endless selection (enjoy our story about Jam selection in a grocery store). We explore arranged marriages and how our individualistic culture may hold a negative view of a communal culture, but perhaps where our perspectives differ at the core. We explore the negative effects of divorce, and how just the past 50 years has seen a large uptick in divorces because of the "no fault" divorce clause. Further thoughts on throwing out marriage altogether given the stats of divorce.

BOOK RECOMMENDATION

Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Podcast Mention(s) in this episode:

Digital Social Hour by SeanMikeKelly interviewing Natasha Graziano and her belief in multiple soul mates

Other Mention(s):

Jim Gaffigan - funny bit on Catholics having a lot of kids vs. enjoying a lot of sex

The Graduate - movie scene Bill describes (and their names were Ben and Elaine!)

The Free Press - recent TGIF article

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