I will probably offend a few and apologize now for doing so.
As an outsider, I agree quite a bit with Cody, even if he still has a few years to go
. Particulalry, the comment about some of the damaged goods running around. I attribute this to the pressure by Utah society to marry young and
immediately start producing offspring. I know a quite a few girls that are fairly attractive, yet feel like failures because they haven't married, become a housewife and produced children at 21. They feel this way even though they have solid careers and a decent income in place at
21.
When I was dating, it is was very difficult to find someone in my age group or at least close, that I didn't run like hell from after the first five minutes.
The one thing that has always baffled me was all the emphasis on young people to hold out on losing their virginity for marriage. Yes, I understand the whole faith/convicition deal, but facts are facts. They then marry another virgin as soon as they get home and
lock themselves into relationship with children (most likely concieved on honeymoon) never knowing anything else. I see it when I am forced to leave the shelter of my home and venture out for shopping. The wife has a multitude of children in tote, the father has one strapped to his chest and you can see the hopelessness on the husband's face as they dig through the clearance rack at Ikea.
I tell my friends from out of state to think back to some of the less_than _steller sexual experiences they've had. I then say okay, now your married with children to that person spending not only the rest of your life, but also
all of eternity never knowing anything else
Hmm, I wonder why Utah leads the country in bankruptcy, prescription drug abuse and use of anti-depressants.
rant/off
