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Trial and Ardor: Enhancing Marriage Through Courtship |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: David Murray |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1998 |
| Size: 2,454 Words, 15,351 Characters |
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We learned to court Cupid, that mischievous and naked emissary from Venus herself. Not known for responsibility, he arrived swathed in pink and bearing a mysterious power to overcome our reticence and even unseat our better judgment with infatuation. Viewing the object of our desires through the cloudy haze of enchantment certainly promoted some lovely summer afternoons of youth. But is Cupid's method really sufficient for making the most serious interpersonal decision of our lives, the selection of a lifetime marital partner?
Love, after all, may be a flight of fancy, but marriage is a long journey through hills and valleys. For many peoples of the world, Cupid's transient ardor is a wonderful thing. But it should be tempered, they caution, with cool appraisal and perhaps a bout of tes...
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...ard, the couple fulfills a symbolic process initiated by the first gift of flowers and the firm touch of the hands. In courtship, the couple has moved in careful choreographed stages toward a honored state of being, "set apart" from the world of profane passion into a relationship of cocreation with deity.It's a tough climb. Society has a stake in ensuring that only the most worthy attain it.
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