Spousal Age Gap

GENERATION GAP – RELATIONSHIP

SPOUSAL AGE GAP

MAIN ISSUE

PERSONAL FREEDOM vs CULTURAL RESTRAINS

THE RELATION

CONTRAST SPOUSAL AGE GAP

OLD GENERATIONS o SIMILAR AGE UNIONS COEDUCATION o ZERO TO FOUR DIFFERENCE OF AGE o ARRANGED AT YOUNG AGE AFFIRMATION o WOMEN ARE PROTECTED ( LESS MOBILE ) - CONCERN o A LEGAL COMMITMENT – MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING

OLD GENERATIONS ADVANTAGES § Marriage contract i s a commitment made in the presence of a legal authority, and is valid until the contract is broken § Maintain family tradition and dignity

DISADVANTAGES § Sometimes no approval by the sons or daughters § Stuck with an age perspectives

NEW GENERATIONS o WIDE RANGE OF AGE UNIONS INTERACTION o FIVE TO FIFTEEN DIFFERENCE OF AGE o WOMAN DECIDE ON THEIR CHOICE OF HUSBAND - FREEDOM o WOMEN ARE OPEN TO OLDER MAN MOBILE o A MORALE COMMITMENT – MUTUAL INTEREST

NEW GENERATIONS ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES

§ Marriage covenant is

§ Wrong choice

a commitment made in the presence of God, and is valid until death § 100% personal

§ 100% individual responsibilty

SIMILE of MARRIAGE

FREEDOM TO CHOOSE o Spiritually, emotionally and physically uni te a man and a women together o Consider a lasting marriage o Have an objective (family) o Not derive from a temporal passion o Reflect on the commitment that you have already made to your spouse

 

FREEDOM TO CHOOSE DESPITE THAT…our culture o Accepts frequent divorce and remarriage and denies that this is hurting the children and the holiness of marriage. o Culture places embarrasment and shame on wider age differences than four years in young couples. o Accepts a greater age difference for older couples on second marriages. o People don't want to admit that their painful experiences say anything about broad patterns and values.

CHOOSE CAREFULLY