brokendreamz Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 So I was talking to a friend and we discussed the above and kinda both agreed that modern relationships and marriages are f'cked up. It's too easy for people to get swayed by the beautiful people on TV and think the grass is always greener and that they can do better. When celeb couples/role models split up and plaster their sworded accounts all over the media, what chance is there for future generations as they begin to see this as the norm?!?! Anyone care to add their thoughts on this??
turt Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I think there has always been problems. There's always going to be those who do what others do or tell them to do. The key is when two people get together and the make the relationship what they believe it should become. Not what they see on TV, not what tradition says we should do...
ditzchic Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I don't think celebrities have as much to do with it as we'd like to think... Celebrity marriages have always been messed up. Think Jerry Lewis, Liza Manelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor. I think what has more to do with it is society's more recent trend toward thinking we are all our own celebrities. I think back in the day there was a disconnect between fantasy and reality. People knew the difference. They knew who they were. Celebrities were for entertainment purposes but people were still grounded in their real lives. People today aren't like that anymore. I wish I could nail down a reason why, I'm thinking it probably has something to do with reality TV and social media making everyone think they are (or could be) a big deal...
Author brokendreamz Posted February 20, 2012 Author Posted February 20, 2012 This... I don't think celebrities have as much to do with it as we'd like to think... Celebrity marriages have always been messed up. Think Jerry Lewis, Liza Manelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor. I think what has more to do with it is society's more recent trend toward thinking we are all our own celebrities. I think back in the day there was a disconnect between fantasy and reality. People knew the difference. They knew who they were. Celebrities were for entertainment purposes but people were still grounded in their real lives. People today aren't like that anymore. I wish I could nail down a reason why, I'm thinking it probably has something to do with reality TV and social media making everyone think they are (or could be) a big deal...
somedude81 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Who even gives a damn about celebrity couples?
Ross MwcFan Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Who even gives a damn about celebrity couples? I don't, I don't really give a damn about celebrities period.
Author brokendreamz Posted February 20, 2012 Author Posted February 20, 2012 The whole celebrity thing is not supposed to be the main focus here. I don't care what celebs are up to and I actively seek a female who could care less. I'm more interested in how modern life has evolved into this festering pit of shallowness where people only seem out for themselves. Marriage was a holy union for life, now most of the people going to Church in the UK are over 65 and young couples don't have the same views as the older generation - it's all too easy to leave when the going gets tough and let your partner go so you can move on with a new bright and shiny partner.
Mme. Chaucer Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Living in a festering pit of shallowness and emulating the escapades of celebrities is a personal choice. If someone is actually swayed by beautiful people on TV, I think they are a little bit too easily influenced to take seriously.
ScreamingTrees Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 The whole celebrity thing is not supposed to be the main focus here. I don't care what celebs are up to and I actively seek a female who could care less. I'm more interested in how modern life has evolved into this festering pit of shallowness where people only seem out for themselves. Marriage was a holy union for life, now most of the people going to Church in the UK are over 65 and young couples don't have the same views as the older generation - it's all too easy to leave when the going gets tough and let your partner go so you can move on with a new bright and shiny partner. Psh, they'll be moving from stranger to stranger for the rest of their days. They're never going to find a relationship that doesn't need some sort of working out at some point. That's why they're called PARTNERS.. You work together. If you couldn't work with them, you must not have been attracted to who they were that much to begin with. And sad as it may sound, a vast majority of normal people are very influenced by vapid celebrity bull****.
Saxis Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Psh, they'll be moving from stranger to stranger for the rest of their days. They're never going to find a relationship that doesn't need some sort of working out at some point. Exactly. People are just too lazy to work on a commitment or marriage these days. They like the idea of it, but they know when things get rough, it's easier to just walk away and find someone else.
Oxy Moronovich Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Agreed with the above. Although many relationships stay strong, many others break up like paper.
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