I know this is a topic that's far from applicable to me right now but a friend of mine asked me my opinion on it.

She asked "Are you less of a person if you back out of a commitment you made, such as marriage, even if you tried as hard as you can to make it work? Remove the religious aspect of marriage. Take it simply as a contract.”

It's a pretty tough question that I actually paused to think of what to answer. I didn't have a ready opinion on it. As I was thinking, she gave me her opinion.

She said "I don't think that you'd be less of a person for doing that, assuming you really did try everything you could do to make it work. Life is short and you have to make the most of it. Why stay in the commitment just for commitment's sake?"

I agree with it, just not completely. I feel that you would be less of a person simply because you should know what you're getting into right before the commitment. You should decide on entering something as great as a marriage thinking ahead, knowing what might or might not happen. Yes I agree that if after some 20 plus years you become miserable because of being together, you should part. That's fine with me. However, in my opinion, it still does make you less of a person. Now if being less of a person makes you happier, so be it.

This entry was posted by Frank, on Wednesday, November 03, 2004. You can leave your response.