I Believe In Circles Because I Talk In Them

I believe in circles; they have no beginning or end. They are continuous; they are complete. Like rings.
I'm sure, some where down the line, that's what wedding rings were meant to repersent; the continuous love and bond shared between two people. I'm not sure if they really meant the same thing now. I come from a family filled with divorce. By September both of my parents will have married twice. The same goes with my grandparents on my father's side. Though, a trip down motive lane quickly shows there was more to these failed relationships.
All the marriages I've known to fail, failed because of sex and/or childern. Thus, it can be taken from this that sex and childern are important componets in a marriage that need to be addressed. Problem? Well, tell me what comes to mind when someone says sex? Do you not, on some level, suddenly feel that at any moment, somehting bad could happen? Has sex in our society not been given a spilt personality, as we are equally pulled by our media and our morals? One says have sex, one says don't. This mixed messages are practically endless. I'm sorry to inform you ladies and gentlemen, but that means its up to you to decide for yourself what sex is for you, and it's role in your relationship with your signifcant other.
Needless to say, many people are afraid to make up thier minds. Afraid to make a choice and have to defend themselevs agaisnt others. They'd rather sit on the dividing line and only half live because taking responsiblity is, lets face it, a scary and most times, difficult thing to do. What so many fail to realize, is that if you choose something. If you follow your heart; your heart will provide the strenght you need to accomplish its desire.
But semi back to the semi main topic.
What does marriage mean these days? Well, to be honest, I think we're living in a time where we can no longer rely on the beliefs or ideas of the past. I'm not saying we should abandon them, I'm saying we should not allow ourselves to be governed by them. Because they are not our ideas. They are not our beliefs. And if they are not ours, we cannot be theirs, we cannot relate to them and they are not relevant to us. Therefore, it will be years before I can conclusively write, this is what we believe marriage should be, because we, as humans, are in a state of flux. We are changing, into what, do you really think I know?