For Better, or Worse...
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jujube
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When I got married in 1969, I told my minister that I wasn't going to say "..and obey." I was just fine with the "honor" but the "obey" wasn't cutting it. He reluctantly agreed to leave it out, but went ahead and said it anyway during the wedding. He said "honor and obey"; I said "honor". He again said "and obey"; I said nothing and smiled at him. My maid of honor got the giggles. Later, the best man had to pay my late husband $5 because he had bet I'd say it and my husband was sure I wouldn't.
In 1922, the Episcopal Church voted to remove the term “obey” from the bride’s portion of the wedding vows, opting instead to replace it with the promise that the wife would “love, honor and cherish” her husband.
Pappy
Living the Dream
Exactly, Jim. We were married in an Episcopal church in 1956 and the word obey was not in the ceremony.
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Forming Lifelong Bonds-Or Not. Till Death Do Us Part: Birds that Mate for Life
Forming Lifelong Bonds-Or Not "Most birds do not mate for life, and most of those that do aren't quite as faithful as we'd like to think. Over 92 percent of all bird species form a pair bond and stay together for at least part of the nesting cycle. Yet DNA tests of baby birds have shown that in over 75 percent of these species, some birds have mated with one or more birds other than their "social mate."
Some birds do bond for life, some for weeks or months.
But with hummingbirds, it's only minutes! Males have no role in building a nest, incubating eggs or raising young.
On the other end of the spectrum are bald eagles. They mate for life, but possibly only because they can't work out a property settlement. Eagles don't stay together over winter, preferring separate vacations. The pair returns to the same nest each year, which can grow almost 9 feet wide. However, if one or the other doesn't come back, the remaining bird readily accepts a new mate at the nest". (Feb/Mar Birds & Bloom)
http://mag.audubon.org/articles/blog/till-death-do-us-part-birds-mate-life
Forming Lifelong Bonds-Or Not "Most birds do not mate for life, and most of those that do aren't quite as faithful as we'd like to think. Over 92 percent of all bird species form a pair bond and stay together for at least part of the nesting cycle. Yet DNA tests of baby birds have shown that in over 75 percent of these species, some birds have mated with one or more birds other than their "social mate."
Some birds do bond for life, some for weeks or months.
But with hummingbirds, it's only minutes! Males have no role in building a nest, incubating eggs or raising young.
On the other end of the spectrum are bald eagles. They mate for life, but possibly only because they can't work out a property settlement. Eagles don't stay together over winter, preferring separate vacations. The pair returns to the same nest each year, which can grow almost 9 feet wide. However, if one or the other doesn't come back, the remaining bird readily accepts a new mate at the nest". (Feb/Mar Birds & Bloom)
http://mag.audubon.org/articles/blog/till-death-do-us-part-birds-mate-life
Justice Sotomayor Talks Marriage, Divorce And What It's Like To Be On The Supreme Court (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/supreme-court-justice-sonia-sotomayor-oprah_n_2973135.html (SEE VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/supreme-court-justice-sonia-sotomayor-oprah_n_2973135.html (SEE VIDEO)
"Texting the Stone Age" - The Origin of Written Language?
Our ancestors seem to have had a regular system of 26 symbols, which may have been the origins of written language. First discovered in France, these symbols crop up throughout the prehistoric world, leading some to wonder whether they originated with early humans as they migrated across the globe out of Africa some 70,000 years ago.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/02/postcards-from-the-stone-age.html
Our ancestors seem to have had a regular system of 26 symbols, which may have been the origins of written language. First discovered in France, these symbols crop up throughout the prehistoric world, leading some to wonder whether they originated with early humans as they migrated across the globe out of Africa some 70,000 years ago.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/02/postcards-from-the-stone-age.html
Debby
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Interesting article. I find it difficult now to imagine life without the 'Net - I might as well be in the Matrix for the amount of time I'm online. I work here, I play here, most of my friends are here (in virtual form, of course), I buy what little I buy here ...
It's to the point now that when I go out into the real world I'm disoriented.
Does that explain your outfit?
Debby
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- East coast of Canada
You can add pigeons to the list of birds that mate for life. Lovely peaceful birds that are masters in so many ways as well as being so very faithful.
http://www.pigeoncontrolresourcecentre.org/html/amazing-pigeon-facts.html
SifuPhil
R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
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- Pennsylvania, USA
What's wrong with my outfit?
oakapple
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- Oxford England
Sorry Debby, but I dislike pigeons as all they bring is mess, yuk!
Phil, it has to be said that your new outfit does not suit you, try another one?
Phil, it has to be said that your new outfit does not suit you, try another one?
SifuPhil
R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
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- Pennsylvania, USA
