Senior Marriagesby Gillian Markson | More from this Blogger 11 Jul 2006 07:44 PM Marriage is a commitment of great caliber, no matter what age you are when you decide to take this commitment into your own hands. There are many different ages for marriage and one age that is becoming more and more common is seniors. Marriage is a commitment that many people make for the wrong reasons; seniors are not in that category. People of this age are aware of the commitment they are about to make and more than likely have already made this type of commitment previously in their life. Senior marriages are more than likely a second marriage. Second marriages are becoming more popular in this age group and something that is easier today than it used to be. When a widowed man or women decides to marry again this is not an easy decision. They are feeling many different emotions when it comes to their new life and inner conflict is something that takes over many people. This inner conflict is what stops many people from living their life happily after a death of a spouse. By managing to get past this inner conflict, they are taking that first big step into a new life. This step is something that is incredibly difficult for most people and is one that they are incredibly reluctant to take. A second marriage or a senior marriage of any kind is a marriage different from any other. There are many different reasons why seniors remarry and many different characteristics that are looked for in a marriage of this age. Companionship is the main reason for a second marriage or a senior marriage. This is not to imply that a love is not existent in this type of relationship, because of course they love each other. The love that is present in a relationship like this is more of a friendship love than a romantic love. No matter what type of love it is, love is love and this is a great base to any type of marriage. Many people do not want to live their lives alone, and when and if they find a person they become close with, of course they will want to spend the rest of their lives together. Senior marriages may be a slightly different kind of marriage but they still require just as much effort and work to keep them going. Marriage is a relationship that requires a great deal of attention and love to make it work, if you have both of these qualities than marriage is not something that you need to worry about. Senior marriages are becoming something that is more comfortable in today's society. The more comfortable society is with an idea, the more comfortable seniors will be with their desire to remarry or marry. Marriage is something that requires a great deal of finesse. Seniors know what they are doing and more than that they want to be married more than anything. These are traits that make a great marriage. Relevantmarriage tags User Comments bythelake (16) 29 Apr 2007 10:19 AMThis author, Gillian Markson, does not know enough to be writing this blog. My husband and I did not marry for companionship. We are just a in love as any young couple that marries. No difference. Love does not change when one gets older. Attraction does not change. Senior marriage does require more effort because of others and their feelings. Little has been written about senior feelings, it's mostly about others. Our feelings don't count. We cater and do so much, but resentment abounds because of change. We have done nothing but fall in love. Where is understanding for seniors? Ater spending our life for others, when is it our turn? Do we appear selfish because we should be more mature and be happy with our adult children, grandchildren and other adult friends? These relationships are for a reason. We love them. Yet, a husband's and wife's relationship is on a different level, especially when there is such deep love and respect for one another. Change happens when anyone marries and this is no difference when seniors marry. There is always adjustment. We have 4 adult children, 5 grandchildren and always give each Birthday parties, attend every function for them, give lots of nice presents and financial help. We have all holidays at our home as we are the only parents left. We support emotionally and talk with them about their problems. We are not self centered seniors that expect anything except a little understanding. Community Tags senior marriages Discuss this article
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