"Love Story" Was Wrong
From Secret of longest marriage is saying 'sorry':
"Love means never having to say you're sorry"; I always thought this line from that movie, whether it was inspired by Al and Tipper Gore or not, was utter nonsense.
In fact, I touched on this theme earlier this evening in a TOEFL class. Tonight's Test of Written English (TWE) essay assignment was about whether marriage should be based primarily on love or on more practical concerns. I told my students that I thought one of the reasons for the scandalously high divorce rate in my homeland was that people viewed love purely as a matter of the heart (emotion), and not as an act of the will (intellect). It was the last two minutes of the last class of the semester, so I didn't have time to mention other causes of divorce, chief among them a society that emphasizes rights but not duties.
From Secret of longest marriage is saying 'sorry':
A British couple who hold the world record for the longest marriage said Wednesday their success was down to a glass of whisky, a glass of sherry and the word "sorry."
Percy and Florence Arrowsmith married on June 1, 1925 and will celebrate their 80th anniversary Wednesday.
"Love means never having to say you're sorry"; I always thought this line from that movie, whether it was inspired by Al and Tipper Gore or not, was utter nonsense.
In fact, I touched on this theme earlier this evening in a TOEFL class. Tonight's Test of Written English (TWE) essay assignment was about whether marriage should be based primarily on love or on more practical concerns. I told my students that I thought one of the reasons for the scandalously high divorce rate in my homeland was that people viewed love purely as a matter of the heart (emotion), and not as an act of the will (intellect). It was the last two minutes of the last class of the semester, so I didn't have time to mention other causes of divorce, chief among them a society that emphasizes rights but not duties.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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