Abuse happens in every culture, age, race, nationality and socio-economic level. It happens in both heterosexual and LGBT relationships, and among family members.
- Are you frightened by your partner’s temper?
- Are you afraid to disagree?
- Do you have to justify everything you do, every place you go or every person you see to avoid someone’s anger?
- Does your partner put you down and then tell you that he or she loves you?
- Do you stay away from friends or family because your partner will be jealous?
- Have you been forced into having sex when you didn’t want to?
- Are you afraid to break up because others have threatened to hurt you or themselves?
- Does your partner hurt you?
- Do you feel intimidated or controlled by your partner’s or your own extended family?
- Does someone withhold medication that you need to stay healthy?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you might be suffering abuse.
Click here to see a list of warning signs (PDF).
Domestic violence can take many forms...
- Psychological or emotional abuse (threats, insults, and put downs)
- Physical abuse (hitting, kicking, punching, choking)
- Economic abuse (controlling the money, taking your paycheck, stalking or harassing you at your job or getting you in trouble with your boss)
- Sexual abuse (forcing sex or sexual acts, or forcing you to watch sex acts)
- Intimidation (threatening to take away children or kick you out of the house; throwing things or punching walls; harming pets; threatening to harm children, loved ones or prized possessions abroad)
- Immigration status can be used in abuse and can include threats to call immigration authorities, stealing your passport or not filing immigration papers.
- Forms of abuse can happen in person or long distance via phone, text, social media, email etc.
Domestic violence can occur between family members or persons involved in a relationship...
- Husband and wife
- A gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender couple
- An unmarried couple — including youth who are in a relationship (link to Teen Dating Violence section)
- Adult child and elderly parent
- Between an individual and extended family
Myths and Facts
There are many myths about domestic violence that perpetuate a distorted view about its nature and causes. The following examples are part of a list that we created to prompt people to examine their beliefs and provide them with accurate information.
Myth #1: Anger causes domestic violence.
Myth#2: People who use violence “lose control” of their temper.
Myth #3: Domestic violence occurs only in uneducated and dysfunctional families and in families of color.
Myth #6: Drugs and alcohol cause domestic violence.
Those who both use violence and are alcoholics or use drugs have separate issues to confront if they want help—their addiction and their abusive behavior. Each problem must be addressed independently.
Click here to see the full list of Myths & Facts (PDF).


Updated: Jan 4, 2019
Loving Those Who Hurt You
1st John 4:13"We love because he first loved us."
Luke 6:35 "But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil."
John 13:24"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another"
Matthew 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."
Proverbs 25:21-22 "If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you."
Luke 6:27-28 "But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you."
Proverbs 10:11"Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses."
Luke 13:24 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another"
I Love You Anyways
Ever since I was little girl
All the memories
That I have had
Are broken up in pieces
They are lonely and very sad
The ones that I remember most
Are of you treating me bad


A log of peer-reviewed research
Conjecture in public places discourse shows that sexual encounters outside a committed relationship that is romantic be emotionally harmful for teenagers, and federal abstinence education policy has needed training that sexual intercourse outside of a marital relationship probably will have harmful mental effects.
In 2003–2004, a varied test of 1,311 intimately active teenagers (mean age, 20.5) playing a longitudinal research in Minnesota finished a study including measures of intimate behavior and mental well-being. Chi-square tests were utilized to compare the prevalence of present casual partnerships by chosen demographic and categories that are personal. General linear modeling ended up being utilized to compare mean quantities of each mental well-being measure between those reporting current casual lovers and people reporting committed lovers; partner kind ended up being calculated both dichotomously and categorically.
One-fifth of individuals stated that their newest intercourse partner had been an informal partner (in other words., casual acquaintance or close but nonexclusive partner). Casual partnerships had been more widespread among males than among females (29% vs. 14%), while the proportions of male and female participants reporting a recently available casual partner diff ered by battle or ethnicity. Scores of mental wellbeing had been generally speaking constant across intercourse partner groups, with no significant associations between partner kind and wellbeing had cam4 been present in adjusted analyses.
Teenagers who participate in casual intimate encounters usually do not look like at greater danger for harmful emotional results than intimately active adults much more committed relationships.
Views on Sexual and Reproductive Wellness
A majority that is large of grownups (18–24-year-olds) in the usa are intimately active. 1,2 also, numerous adolescents and teenagers have actually intimate lovers with who they’re not in a committed relationship that is romantic —often known when you look at the popular news as “friends with advantages” or “hookups. ” As an example, within one research, 38% of intimately active adolescents had had sexual activity in the last 12 months with somebody these people were maybe not dating; 6 an additional, 22% of unmarried university students stated that their final intimate encounter had been by having a “casual” partner. 5 In a research of undergraduate pupils, 78% had skilled some sexual intercourse with a brief acquaintance or perhaps a complete complete complete stranger throughout their college years; those types of, 48% of males and 33% of females had had sexual intercourse included in those experiences. 3 Interestingly, a research of community university students discovered that different intimate milestones took place earlier in the day with a casual partner than with a committed partner. 9
The trend of buddies with advantages among young adults happens to be highlighted into the media 10,11 and it has engendered conjecture that such intimate partnerships may be emotionally damaging. 12 old-fashioned social mores dictate that sexual phrase be “saved” for a partner that is romantic as well as for significantly more than ten years abstinence-only training policy required teaching that “a mutually faithful monogamous relationship into the context of wedding may be the anticipated standard of individual sexual task, ” and that “sexual activity outside the context of wedding will probably have harmful mental and real impacts. ” 13 Departure from these norms and teachings may create conflict that is emotional some young adults, that could differ by team norms connected to competition or ethnicity, socioeconomic status or any other traits. Likewise, real closeness without concomitant psychological closeness may keep one feeling used, feeling not able to attract an enchanting (not only intimate) partner or questioning an individual’s self-worth; any one of these results may jeopardize well-being that is psychological.
Nonetheless, few peer-reviewed research reports have examined the psychological state associations with (or effects of) nonromantic sexual intercourse. 3,4,7 Grello and peers discovered that among center and older adolescents, the change from being intimately inexperienced to participating in casual intercourse had been related to greater mental stress than the change from being intimately inexperienced to participating in romantic intercourse. 4 but, they noted that depressive signs had been currently current among adolescents who transitioned to casual intercourse, suggesting that such sex could be an indicator of mental distress as opposed to its cause. In a far more current research, similar group discovered that casual intercourse (however intimate sex) ended up being connected with signs and symptoms of depression among female university students, but that males who engaged in casual intercourse had the fewest depressive outward indications of any team examined. 7 Depressive signs are also discovered to anticipate sexual first and high-risk intimate actions among adolescents, aside from partner kind, 14–16 and also to be exacerbated by “romantic involvement, ” specially among females. 17
A few reasons may account fully for sex variations in casual intercourse plus in the noticed associations between casual intercourse and emotional wellbeing. First, the discovering that males report much more hookups, buddies with advantages and casual sex 3,7 may stem from a disposition among ladies to characterize a relationship much more significant that it will blossom into a romantic partnership than it actually is in the hope. 7 2nd, although an increasing human body of literary works implies that adolescent females will be the sexual initiators most of the time, 18,19 the noted sex distinctions may mirror a wider compliance with social norms that continue steadily to see casual intercourse as appropriate for males but improper for females. 20 And 3rd, mental stress may precede involvement in casual sexual intercourse, and depressed ladies may look for outside validation from or closeness having an intimate partner due to negative emotions of self-worth or isolation. 7
The objective of the current research is to look at kinds of intimate partnerships among adults, and also to compare the prevalence of casual partnerships across demographic and individual traits. In addition, we assess four aspects of emotional well-being across teams reporting several types of intimate lovers. On such basis as past research findings, we be prepared to find stronger inverse associations between casual partnerships and mental wellbeing among females than among men. Because previous research on casual partnerships has concentrated mainly on white university students and utilized depressive signs because the only major dependent adjustable, this research expands the literature that is existing making use of a sizable, diverse test of sexually active adults, makes it possible for us to extrapolate to an easy cross area of this populace.


Rachel at Rachel Photography is hosting her first photo challenge and I'm participating! The theme for this week is you and your best friend. Growing up, I didn't really have a best friend, but my friend Melanie and I both shared a common love for guinea pigs. We got to know each other when she moved in next door when I was in third grade and she was in second and ever since then our friendship blossomed. We made two guinea pig calendars over the years with the help of Melanie's mom and had so much fun together!
Mel and I with our guinea pigs Ruby and Claudette
Another friend, Sarah, was born in the same hospital I was 11 days before me in Papua New Guinea. It's actually her birthday today! Our families have become very close and we always go on vacation together. Her parents held her back a year in school, so that made it harder for us to do things together, but whenever we got the chance we would get together.
This is my favorite photo of Sarah and I, taken at Malolo Plantation Lodge in Madang, Papua New Guinea on a vacation with our families.
I love and miss these girls so much!


It seems that I really miss youbut what if pride is there too?
Do I have to come and say sorry?
Even if deep inside I’m burning with self-pity.
I miss the presence of yours,
even though you’re giving gifts to me before,
my heart yells for you more and more.
so please, show me your love that I adore.
I remember our days so full of love,
with Him as our witness from above.
Telling us that it’s true love that we found.
With you and I being so bound.
And every time I think of you,
I just cherish the love that we’ve been through.
And for the times that we were together,
I always pray that it’ll be forever.
But how could we end like this?
I have questions in my mind, so answer me, please?
Answers from your heart and soul, with no regrets and sorrow,
from a heart that I, unknowingly, selfishly borrowed.
I don’t know how to end this poem of mine,
‘Cause I want you to hear it all the time.
And when the time comes that I’m going to die,
I just want to say, “I love you, but, goodbye!”
circa Mar 2007
By: MJKB / JMOM


Friends for life: Kris Bryant explains his special bond with Anthony Rizzo
Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant joined Off The Mound with Ryan Dempster to talk about the friendship and the strong bond with his teammate Anthony Rizzo.
Since the moment Bryant joined the Cubs in 2015, he and Rizzo became fast friends.
“When I got drafted, I had heard the name before but I never really knew who Anthony Rizzo was,” Bryant said. “When I got to the big leagues and started to know him more, know him better and see the type of person and ballplayer he is, he’s just someone that I want to be around.”
Bryant’s respect for his first baseman extends off the field, ensuring a lifelong connection.
“I would love to play baseball with him for the rest of my life. I always know that he’ll always be one of my greatest friends and someone that I will always be around until the day that I’m no longer here and that means a lot to me,” Bryant said. “He’s such a class act and I appreciate him so much.”


Sign the petition: Support marriage equality in Hawaii!
In Hawaii, we believe in the spirit of Aloha ... treating others the way we would want to be treated. None of us would want to be told that is is illegal to marry the person we love. But according to Hawaii state law, committed gay and lesbian couples are denied the freedom to marry.
Marriage is a unique promise of love and commitment that all couples should be able to share.
If you believe that it's time to pass marriage for same-sex couples in Hawaii, then sign the petition now and then share it with your friends. Together, we can win marriage for all Hawaii's families.


Marriage License Info
- Applicants must be 17 years of age or older to marry in
Nebraska. Parental consent is required for applicants
who are 17 or 18.
- Applicants must present photo identification.
- Provide the full names and birthplaces of the bride and
groom and their parents. (including maiden names)
- The bride and groom shall provide their Social Security
Numbers, if they have one.
- If there was a previous marriage, we will need to know
the date the marriage ended. (date of divorce decree
or date of death).
- Marriage Licenses are good for one year from the date of
- The fee for a marriage license is $25.00.
- A Certified Copy of a Marriage Record is $9.00.


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I have the rest of this year, and two more years to hopefully get the confidence to talk to him. I want to try because I want him. If I can start saying hi to him first and in person that will be a huge start.
I feel like I literally have no chance in love. I wont let myself come close to sharing even the slightest bit of romance with someone because im afraid that when we hold hands mine will be sweaty and gross because im nervous and whoever I kiss will be disgusted or unsatisfied or if we hug it will be awkward because im like the most awkward person on the planet. I cant even answer to someone that says sup, I get all red and I freeze and i dont say anything. I dont even feel comfortable asking the teachers to repeat something or asking my friends to help me with stuff. Im so miserable because im so awkward and fucked up
When I dont like someone and maybe even hate someone, I dont like them and hate them soo much and when I like someone or even love someone its with everything I have. I hate strongly and love passionately
|Him:||So... On a scale from 1 to 10- How much do you like me?|
|Me:||Uhhmm I would say a strong 7...|
|Him:||Ohhh... (faces the ground)|
|[little does he know that 7 is my favorite number]|


An interesting glimpse of a family time during the lockdown, this painting brings forward the interpersonal relationship in a subtle, yet soul-stirring way! The lion here is the father, the artist himself, who never fails to keep an eye on his family. The artist depicts well his protective stance during the times of social distancing. The baby here is the daughter of the family who doesn’t bother about her present or even the future as long as she feels the safety and comfort of her family being around. The little crain could be seen as the family pet dog who is treated as the son in the family. Like the crane, he too is in constant search for food. The lioness and the cub may be interpreted as the artist’s wife and their younger daughter. Through the depiction of a slice of his family life during lockdown times, the artist emphasizes the strength and necessity of family bonding during these difficult times.


Vicky is a friend of mine, a poet by hobby and a good one too, here is some of her recent work, of which I liked
We all need love and we all have people that we love to death. There are things you don't want to hear from those you love and you wish that those unpleasant things said to you can only be sweet words.
Words to take you through the day and night, words to bring a smile on your gloomy face, words to make you glow even when you have a million pimples/acne.
We are all human, giving and receiving love is inevitable. Whether it's from/ to the people you love or not.
Tell me you love me and I will tell you I love you too
Tell me you hate me and I will tell you I still love you
Tell me I irritate you and I will tell you I'm amused by you
Tell me I get in you nerves and I will tell you I'm made happier by you
Vicky Mwakoyo© 29th May 2012


Number of posts : 46 Registration date : 2009-03-23 Age : 26 Location : Philippines
Subject: Re: Why he/she cheats on you even u do everythiNg for him/her... Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:18 am
The first explanation is probably the most well known: gf/bf cheat because of problems in their relationship - something is missing, passion has faded, partners feel lonely, people find someone who treats them better or who appreciates them more than their current gf/bf, and so on.
Simply stated, people claim that they are not happy in their relationship so they look for love and affection elsewhere.
Subject: Re: Why he/she cheats on you even u do everythiNg for him/her... Today at 7:26 pm
Why he/she cheats on you even u do everythiNg for him/her...


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According to Chinese culture, the legendary King Fu Xi 伏羲 and his sister and wife Nu Wa 女娲 invented marriage. Marriage was the most important event in traditional Chinese family life before 1949. Young couples did not marry out of free choice. When a man fell in love with a woman, his parents, if they wished him to marry her, would send a matchmaker to the potential bride's parents. Marrying for love was customary only in southern
. Among the Hans it was customary for families to negotiate through a matchmaker (usually a woman). The contract that both sides signed committed them to making the marriage take place. The families of the bride and the groom generally shared economic interests and interests of reputation. When both the bride and groom came from ruling families, the marriage was a means to ensure peace between two nations. China
The Chinese believed in fate. Legend has it that the gods would tie an invisible red lace around the ankle of the son of one family and the daughter of another family, who are to marry some day. As time passes, they become attracted to each other by this tie without even being aware of it. When they meet, marriage is an inevitable result. Another legend tells of a girl whose hand-held fan falls into the water. She takes off her clothes to retrieve it and after a man sees her thus naked, she demands that he marry her immediately; for a woman was allowed to be seen naked only by her husband.
The traditional Chinese wedding was accompanied by six ceremonies that were celebrated on dates calculated by astrologists. In these ceremonies, the various gods and ancestors were informed of the match and asked for their blessings.
In order to know if the bride and groom were compatible, the parents of the couple would write their eight characters 八子 on a paper and put it on the family altar. If within three days no disaster befell, this would mean that the couple was well-matched.
In the first ceremony, an official marriage proposal was made. The parents of the future groom would seek out a girl as their future daughter-in-law and then would find a matchmaker who would present the proposal officially to the girl's parents. If her parents did not oppose the match, the matchmaker would ask to know the eight characters of the girl in order to ensure the compatibility of the couple. If an astrologer found the couple to be compatible, they would then pass on to the next ceremony.
In the second ceremony, the matchmaker would present the wedding presents given by the groom's family to the bride's family together with an engagement letter to the bride's family. The presents usually included a white goose, tea, lotus seeds, red beans, green legumes, red dates, oranges, pomegranates, wedding cakes, coconut, wine, and a money box, as well as other gifts according to local customs and the family's wealth. The cakes were put in boxes and on each of these boxes were written in golden ink the characters 喜喜, meaning "double happiness".
In the third ceremony the marriage proposal was received. The bride's father would answer the marriage proposal in a letter. This letter, addressed to the groom's father, was put in a small box and sent to him by the matchmaker along with the boxes received from the groom's father, containing some of the cakes that were returned to him.
In the fourth ceremony, which took place about two and a half weeks before the wedding, presents were exchanged between the families of the bride and the groom. Presents that were agreed upon in advance by the families were sent to the bride and her family. These included lacquered boxes, on which again were written the characters 喜喜) meaning double happiness). The boxes were filled with exotic foods, sweetmeats, wine, expensive tea, gold coins, hairpins, earrings, bracelets, beads, silk, bride's clothing and a whole roasted pig. The bride's family would send back several boxes with some of the cakes sent by the groom's family, while adding food of their own. Parts of the roasted pig would be returned too, including the head and the rear with the legs, to symbolize that everything has a beginning and an end. Bed linen for the future mother-in-law of the daughter would be sent as well. The groom would receive from the bride's family an official robe and a moneybag with coins. The returned cakes would be given to friends and relatives, thus apprising them of the approaching wedding.
In the fifth ceremony, the date of the wedding would be decided upon after consulting an astrologer. The matchmaker would bring the bride's family a letter sent by the groom's father, in which the wedding date was written, but before handing it to the bride's father she would ask him to choose a date for the wedding. He would politely relinquish the honor and leave it to the groom's father. The matchmaker would then present him with the date already decided upon by the groom's father.
Two weeks before the wedding the bride-to-be would remain isolated with her sisters, her friends and women servants, who would express their deep sorrow over her leaving the family. They would give her books to guide her in her new life with her husband in his parents' house.
The groom, dressed in magnificent clothes, would wait with his relatives in the room containing the ancestors' tablets. He and his relatives would bow down before the tablets, burn incense and inform the ancestors that the groom was about to get married. The master of the ceremony would ask the groom's father to sit in the place of honor designated for him. The groom would bow down before his father, and receive from him a glass of wine. Before drinking the wine he would pour a few drops in front of the ancestors' tablets and then bow down four times before his father. The father would ask him to bring his wife to their home. The son would then send people to bring the bride or go himself to bring her.
A similar ceremony would take place in the bride's house. Like the groom, the bride would receive a glass of wine from her father. Kneeling before her father, she would pour a few drops of wine in front of the ancestors' tablets. Then, she would taste the wine and her father would tell her to obey her husband's parents. Her mother would put a wreath of flowers on the daughter's head and a veil that would cover her face. She would tell the daughter to be good to her husband and send her to the groom's house.
The people from the groom's side would carry the bride in a sedan chair decorated with red and golden silk. The groom's friends would walk, sing and play music in front of the bride, carrying flags and lamps. Upon reaching the groom's house, the bride would be received with fire crackers in order to chase away any bad spirits. One of the groom's friends would give the groom the key to the sedan chair. The groom would carry the bride in his arms over a fire that was set on the doorstep for purification. The bride would be led to the living room of the family; there she would remain all day in her wedding dress, not allowed to leave the room until the night.
The sixth ceremony was held in front the ancestors' tablets. Incense was burnt, candles were lit and offerings of food, tea and wine were placed on the altar. Here the groom would remove the veil from the bride's face and see her for the first time. The bride would kneel in front of him, meaning symbolically that from then on he would rule her. The bride and groom would kneel together in front of the gods of heaven and earth. Together they would worship heaven and earth, the house gods and the spirits of the ancestors. They would drink wine from small porcelain cups bound together by a red lace. This signified the end of the ceremony. A document written on high-quality red paper attested to the groom having married the bride. The fathers of both the bride and the groom were also mentioned in the document, which was signed by the groom, the bride and witnesses.
After the wedding the newlyweds would be led to the bedroom, where they would pray to the Duke of Bed and the Lady of Bed – two spirits that protect the couple in bed, to bless them with many sons.
After the prayer a tea ceremony would be held. The bride would serve tea with sweetmeats and bow down in front of her husband's family members in the following order: the grandfather from the father's side, the grandmother from the father's side, the grandfather from the mother's side, the grandmother from the mother's side, uncles, aunts, in-laws from the father's side and, at the end, the other relatives in no special order.
At this point a meal would be served to the family and guests. The shy blushing bride would not participate in the banquet but remain in her bedroom. The happy parents of the groom would receive the blessings. The guests would praise the beauty of the bride and would joke with the groom.
The bride and groom both wore special clothing for their wedding. The bride's gown was red since red is considered in
a lucky color and a symbol of fertility. The gown would be adorned with golden phoenix patterns to symbolize the bride, and chrysanthemum and peony patterns to symbolize wealth and good luck. The bride's head would be crowned with a phoenix crown and head covering decorated with feathers and pearls. A red veil covered her face on her way to her new husband's house. The groom was less elegant. He would wear a deep blue robe embroidered with a dragon pattern, and over it a black silk cloak. His hat was black with red fringes. White flowers were avoided at a wedding ceremony because white is the color of mourning in China . China
On the third day after the wedding, the bride and the groom would visit the bride's parents and bring them presents, including a whole roasted pig. Some of the cakes, with the head and two hind legs of the pig, would be returned to the couple to take back to their home.
Every man was expected to marry and have children. Homosexuality was not considered as a good enough reason to avoid marriage. A married life that added sons to the family was considered a happy one.
a man was allowed to marry only one woman, but he could buy concubines of a class lower than that of his wife, although only rich men could afford concubines. His wife however, could expel a concubine without consulting him. Each of these women had her own small house where she would receive the husband. A wife who did not have sons was expected to ask her husband to take a concubine, and if she did not agree to do so she was considered a bad wife. China
The concubine was considered as the servant of the legal wife and had to obey her; while any children of the concubine were considered as the children of the legal wife, with a duty to respect her more than they respected their biological mother. They had to mourn her death as they would mourn their own mother's death. A concubine, considered as her husband's property, was never allowed to leave him. Although her husband could expel her if he did not want her any longer, usually, afraid of her family's vengeance, he would not do so. The husband was not allowed to give his concubine at home a higher position than that of his wife. If a man did so, he would be forced to restore his wife's superiority over the concubine.
a man could divorce his wife for various reasons. During the Tang 唐 dynasty (618-907 CE), there were seven legal reasons for doing so. First – if the wife did not give birth to a son, second – if she committed adultery, third - if she was too chattering (i.e. gossiped with the neighbors about family matters), fourth - if she stole something, fifth – if she was obsessively jealous, sixth - if she was severely ill, and seventh – if she did not respect her husband's parents. According to the same law, the husband could be expelled from the home if he insulted his wife's ancestors or murdered one of her extended family members. Any violent act by the husband against his wife could enable her to expel him. Three conditions prevented divorce: if the wife did not have a relative who would take her into his home, if she had mourned either of her husband's deceased parents (for three years after each death) and if he had been poor when they married and became rich during their marriage. China
Couples usually married following an engagement period, but there were also kidnap marriages and marriages resembling a contract of sale. Women were kidnapped by men and forced to marry them. A man and woman who had remained together overnight had to marry even though they may not have had sexual relations. In a marriage that was implemented as a contract of sale, the daughter was sold to a man to be his wife. This would happen in families in debt that desperately needed money. Sometimes the family would give their daughter to their creditors' family.
it was customary for a girl who came of age to marry to invite her suitors to present themselves in front of the veranda of her house on a certain day. She would then throw a ball towards them and the one who caught it would marry her. The favorite day for this ceremony was on the 15th day (full moon) of the eighth lunar month, when the Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated (also called "the Moon Festival"). On this day girls would go into the fields to pick melons, believing that this would bring them a marriage blessed with male descendants. China
Among Chinese people, the way lovers express their love in public differs from that customary in the West. Until recently it was forbidden to kiss in public. Students who were caught doing so would be expelled from the university. Another custom of Chinese lovers, differing from the West, is that of the use of words that express family relations. The woman, when addressing her lover, calls him "big brother" 哥哥, and the man addresses his lover as "little sister" 妹妹. It is customary between lovers not to cut a pear 梨 because the word 梨 is a homonym of the word 离 that signifies "separation".
The transition from traditional
to modern China brought about some changes in the marriage customs. Until the 20th century parents used to arrange the marriage of their children, men could have many wives (concubines), widows were not allowed to remarry, and wives could demand divorce only under certain conditions (already mentioned). China
When the Communists gained power in 1949 they set out to uproot such traditional family values as filial piety, respect for the elderly, brotherhood and fidelity in marriage. The message was that loyalty to the Communist party precedes loyalty to the family. With the encouragement of the authorities, children rebelled against their parents and women rebelled against their husbands when the latter did not accept the ideas of Communism. However, the authorities did promote the rights of couples who established families. The marriage laws enacted in 1950, a few months after the foundation of the People's Republic of
, aspired to democratic marriages based on the free choice of the spouses, equal rights for men and women, and securing the interests of women and children. China
there is a ban on blind matchmaking. The law demands that both spouses declare that they are getting married of their own free choice. In 1951 polygamy was banned by the Communists, who considered it a Capitalistic aberration. China
In 1980 several changes were made to the marriage laws. Likewise, births were limited to one child per family, in an attempt to control the growth of the population. In the new amendment, divorce cases are to be brought to a people's court that tries to settle marital disputes. Only if this court finds it impossible to rehabilitate the marriage, will the couple be allowed to divorce. Changes in the law refer also to the division of property, with mutual agreement between husband and wife. If there is no mutual agreement the court will decide, preferring the interests of the wife and children. Following these amendments, the Chinese people have developed greater self-awareness, and divorce is no longer considered as shameful or damaging to society.
Following the changes in the marriage laws and the changes in society, the moral basis on which the family is founded has passed from the family to the individual. While in the past the family was considered as a social unit, and the common belief was that a family's stability is an indication of the stability of society as a whole, in present-day
the emphasis is on the happiness of the individual, and marriage is considered a private matter. People no longer force themselves to remain in an unhappy marriage and are not discriminated against if they divorce. Many couples choose to live together and prefer not to marry. China
Though nowadays there are many places where one can find a spouse, such as in the work place, at school, at parties or on the Internet, in
, in addition to these, there is still the traditional way - in the bosom of nature. Every Sunday people can be found in the parks looking for spouses for their sons, for their daughters, or for themselves. The parents present their children's photographs and exchange information. They do so because their children themselves are too busy and have no time to look for a spouse. China
A broken mirror restored
Said of lovers who separated and happily reunited.
This is based on the following story:
In the Southern and Northern dynasties period (420-589 CE) a clever and beautiful princess named Le Cheng 乐昌 and her husband Xu Deyan 徐德言 lived in the State of Chen 陈 and loved each other very much. Their state became endangered after being invaded by Sui 隋dynasty battalions, and they sensed that it would soon be overrun and they would have to leave their palace and live in exile. They were afraid that in the chaos that would follow these events they would lose contact with one another, so they broke a mirror, symbolizing the unity of a husband and wife, into two pieces. Each of them kept half of the mirror. Their plan was that each of them would take their half of the mirror to the fair that takes place during the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, hoping to reunite. Upon their reunion, the mirror would be restored.
A short time after breaking the mirror their premonitions came true. In the chaos of the war, the wife lost contact with her husband. She was taken to the minister Yang Su's 杨素 house and became his concubine. When Xu Deyan went to the Lantern Festival he took with him his half of the mirror, hoping to find his wife there. At the fair he found the other half of the broken mirror in the hands of a servant, who was about to sell it. He immediately recognized the mirror and asked the servant about his wife. After hearing what his wife had gone through, tears flowed down his cheeks. He wrote to his wife a song on her half of the mirror: "You left me with a broken mirror. The mirror returned but it is impossible to see your reflection in it. Only the shining moon can be seen". The servant gave the half mirror back to Princess Le Cheng, who after hearing that her husband was alive, cried for days, thinking that they would never reunite. Minister Su heard about Le Cheng's husband and understood that she could never love him, the minister; so he sent servants to find Xu Deyan and brought about the reunion of the couple.
First, get married, then fall in love; first fall in love [and] then get married
The first one relates to traditional marriage, and the second to modern marriage.
Without matchmakers on earth there will be no marriage [just as] without clouds in the sky, there will be no rain
Cuts the axe's handle
This is used as a synonym to "matchmaker". It derives from the Book of Songs 诗经 , where it is written: "How will you mold an axe without an axe? How can you marry a wife? It is impossible without a matchmaker".
Jia Baoyu marries – not his loved one
This is used to describe a man who is in love with one woman but marries another. It derives from the Romance of the Western Chamber 西厢记 that narrates the story of Jia Baoyu who married Bao Chai 宝钗rather than Lin Daiyu 林黛玉, whom he really loved.
Without lies there is no matchmaking
Ye Gong loves dragons
This is used to describe someone who pretends to love and admire what he really fears. It is expressed in the following story:
In the Spring and Autumn period (476-770 BCE) there was a rich man named Ye Gong 叶公, who lived in the State of
楚国and loved dragons very much. His whole house was decorated with dragons. Dragons were painted on the walls and carved in reliefs on the columns. Likewise, they were embroidered on his clothes. When the heavenly dragon heard about Ye Gong's love for dragons, he was very excited and decided to visit him in his house. When he entered the house through the window, with his tail spreading across the entire room, Ye Gong saw him, panicked and fled. From then on, the people knew that Ye Gong loved dragons only in pictures and reliefs - but not in reality. Chu
Life with love is happy [while] life for love is stupid
The one who really loves his daughter, will love his son-in-law [as] the one who loves the flower will love its flowerpot
In English they say:
Love me love my dog.
A similar idea is expressed in the proverb:
The one who loves the house, loves the bird inside it as well
Let us be two birds flying wing to wing in the sky, and two trees with branches interlocked on earth
A blessing that is used by lovers to express their love for one another.
Grow old together in harmony
白头- literally: white head, meaning old age.
The expression is used to wish newlyweds a long and happy life together.
In the eyes of a man, his loved one is Xi Shi 西施
In the eyes of the lover, his loved one is beautiful.
This derives from a famous Chinese love story from the fifth century BCE, in the Spring and Autumn period.
According to this story, a minister in the State of Yue 越 advised his king, Ke Jian 可践, to send a beautiful woman named Xi Shi as a present to his enemy Fu Cha 夫差, the king of the State of Wu 吴 , in order to distract him. The conspiracy was successful and the State of
won its war against the State of Yue . Wu
Marriage is the tomb of love
In French they say:
Aujourd'hui marrié demain marré.
Literally: Today married tomorrow sad.
Toujours amoueaux, jamais marié
Literally: Always in love, never married.
Plum flower bud and bamboo horse
An innocent love between a boy and girl.
This idiom is used to describe friends from childhood.
The seventh day in the seventh lunar month – the shepherd meets the weaving girl
Said of lovers who seldom meet.
This idiom is based on a legend that tells the story of Zhi Nu 织女 (literally: the weaving girl) and Niu Lang 牛郎 the shepherd, who together represent two stars in the sky. The legend appears in the Book of Songs 诗经 (written between the 12th and 7th century BCE). In the Han dynasty, a more detailed version of their love story appeared. According to one of the versions, Zhi Nu was the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, and she embroidered the clouds with golden thread to dress the sky. The Emperor of Heaven, who saw her loneliness, married her to Niu Lang, the shepherd who dwelled at the other end of the Milky Way. Her love made her forget her weaving work, however, and so the emperor ordered the shepherd to return to the eastern end of the Milky Way. The couple was allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the lunar month. Magpies, with their wings, formed a bridge for them in the sky.
[Even if] seas will dry and rocks will crumble, [I will always be faithful to you]
A declaration of love between lovers.
Grow old together in harmony
白头- literally: white head, meaning old age.
The expression is used to
Grow old together in harmony
白头- literally: white head, meaning old age.
The expression is used to wish newlyweds a long and happy life together.
wish newlyweds a long and happy life together.
 This book was written by the playwright Wang Shifu 王实甫 (c.1260-1336 CE) in the Mongolian Yuan (1271-1368 CE) dynasty to entertain the court of the emperor.
During the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE) marriage without matchmaking was illegal.
 八子 are the eight characters that mark the hour, day, month and year of birth. Two characters represent each of these data.


#DetroitLove: Shonda and Drew
We celebrate #DetroitLove this Valentine's Day by highlight Detroit couples.
We are back for a third year highlighting #DetroitLove! We put out the call for couples to be featured in our annual Valentine's Day series and they answered.
Meet Shonda and Drew
“Drew and I were both born and raised in Detroit. He's an eastsider and I'm a westsider. We met at Flood's Bar and Grille in Detroit where he has played for years. I've frequented there for years, but we never crossed paths. One night, I was out for a girls' night out at Flood's. My girls and I had dinner and noticed the band setting up so we decided to go listen. I saw Drew (who plays keys for 313 The Live Experience) and thought he was cute but went on about my evening.
As we were preparing to leave, my girlfriend started poking fun at me for not saying anything to Drew. My other friend overheard and said she would go and get him. I dared her to and she marched backed in, interrupted Drew's conversation and told him that her friend wanted to meet him and he needed to come with her. He did and the rest is history. The connection was instant! That was May of 2016. We just got married on September 15, 2019. We actually went back to Flood's to do our engagement shoot.” –Shonda
The couple was photographed at Flood’s Bar and Grille where they met.
photo credit: Cyrus Tetteh


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*I'll just let that sink in for a minute...
Ok well...both "versions" are actually true. Mari, one of my best friends since elementary school, had just started dating a guy (Eric) from Houston, TX (pay attention...there's a test later). Things were starting to get serious and he was coming up to visit for the weekend. She wanted me to meet him when he was in town so I could scope him out and tell her what I thought of him. I was supposed to go to UND that weekend to visit my little sister but... Mari was one of my best friends and I wasn't about to let her date a douche bag so it was set...we were heading out downtown because...you know...what better way to really judge someone than to get them drunk, in a city they've never been to, and then interrogate them. Brilliant! Anyway...I approved. Now they're married...coincidence??
(Mari & Eric)
So... Mari worked with Ang's aunt (Miriam) and they had never hung out outside of work before but somehow found out that each of them were heading downtown and they decided to meet up. Miriam just so happened to be going out with Ang that night.
(Ang & Miriam)
The moment we met...
Then it happened. We (Mari, Eric & yours truly) meet up with them (Miriam &Ang). Honestly... I can't remember which
The dreaded phone call...
1. She answered the phone so...she actually gave me her real number.
2. She had absolutely no idea who I was (there may or may not have been some cocktails involved). She did however enter my number in her phone as "Mike- Mari's Friend". She knew that Miraim worked with Mari, Miriam liked Mari, and I was friends with Mari so I couldn't have been that bad.
3. She actually agreed to go on a date with me which was essentially a blind date for her since she didn't remember who I was.
Things are looking good right!?
Ang had always dated the same type of guy... the hockey player, Abercrombie & Fitch type guy. Then there's me. Keep in mind that this is a blind date for her...she answers the door to some guy with ripped jeans, tattoo's, piercings, and a mowhawk. Yep...that happened. I'm pretty sure at this point she thought she was going to die but, bless her heart, she went on the date anyway. She didn't expect things to go well but we ended up hitting it off right away. It was the "easiest" first date either one of us had ever been on! It was like we had been friends forever and were just picking up where we left off. The evening just flowed and we had set up our 2nd and 3rd dates before we even finished dinner.
I wish I could say that everything continued to just flow after that first date but this is Ang were talking about here. Lets just say things didn't always go as planned. Ang and I dated for 4 years and during that time she actually broke up with me 3 times. The first time she called me and gave me some line about how she didn't think we had a connection and maybe we should just be friends. Ummmm...como se what? Yea...even Miriam thought she was crazy when she told her that. That break up (break up #1) lasted about a week. The next one (break up #2) was even better. She called me while I was at work ("apparently" she has a thing for breaking up with me over the phone) and told me to "pack my shit and get out by the time she got home". First of all...this is sweet little ole Ang were talking about. Second of all...WTF? That lasted until I got home that day to officially "pack my shit and get out" where she swiftly apologized and proceeded to tell me she just "had a bad day" Side note: What the hell am I getting myself into? And the 3rd time...well...I honestly don't even remember the specifics of that one but it was short lived like the rest of them.
Livin' the dream...
Fast forward a little...we got engaged and got married. I'm still not even quite sure how I got her to say yes. I think maybe she was either in a coma at the time or confused about the question...either way...I'm pretty sure there was a nod or a slightly audible yes in there somewhere. Shortly after we started our family. 10 years after that drunken stupor night, we have been blessed with 3 little boys who keep life...well... interesting. I document some of the craziness over at my dad blog Tonka Trucks & Tattletales. I am blessed to be married to a fiesty Christian women who's idea of a swear word is "goodness gracious". We rarely fight because, come on, you can't really take someone seriously in a fight when they come at you with "goodness gracious". Am I right? Anyone...anyone? We have had an amazing journey together so far and I can't wait to see where our next chapter takes us!


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Its kind of tragic how boys always break girls hearts, but their own hearts seem to stay perfectly whole.
“You’re lips are still blue. Want me to warm those up for you too?”
-Jacob Black, Eclipse
You wonder why I don’t talk to you anymore, and please believe me when I say it’s not that I don’t want to, its just that everything I want to say, I cant tell you anymore.
Every time I try to walk away, there’s always something that reminds me I should stay.
Everyone around us is coupled up. Then there’s me and you. And to people who don’t know us, we look like the perfect couple. I think everyone see’s it. Everyone except you.
Sometimes, when you love someone so much, not even the truth can change it.
I didn’t choose to make you my world, it just happened.
Because sometimes it’s easier to say “I hate you” than, “I miss you, I wish you would call me sometime.” Because sometimes it’s easier to think screw life, screw work, screw everything, than to admit that you’re overwhelmed and feel like you’re drowning. Because sometimes, it’s easier to admit the simple things than to say the hard things and realize how much you’ve been struggling and how much you feel as if life has gone out of your control.
Tom: What happens when you fall in love?
Summer: You believe in that?
Tom: Its love, not Santa Clause
-500 Days Of Summer
Today is the perfect day for a perfect day.
just a short one (;
thank you for all your greatt comments,
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My daddy used to tell me that the first time you fall in love, it changes your life
forever, and no matter how hard you try, the feeling never goes away.
you let go, so now it's my turn.
i'm willing to accept that.
but when i find happiness,
don't decide you love me.
I still remember the first time I fell
for you; I
haven't gotten up since.
it's so frustrating because i broke up
with him because i was tired of crying
every day. like, i didn't want to cry
anymore and then i was crying because
i was fighting. and now i'm crying
because he's not here to make me
stop. he was like my best friend. it's
like losing your best friend.
There will always be the girls you can't believe
you were once friends with; the boys you can't
believe you kissed & the one boy you can't
believe you ever lived without.
Awesome thought: The right guy is out there right now, wondering when he's going meet someone just like you.
i wrote i love you into a fogged up mirror,
then i watched it fade away
just like we did
"i know your unhappy a lot. and, maybe it doesn't help anything, but i wanted you to know that i'm always here. i won't ever let you down - i promise that you can always count on me. wow does that sound corny. but you know that right? that i would never hurt you?""i know your unhappy a lot. and, maybe it doesn't help anything, but i wanted you to know that i'm always here. i won't ever let you down - i promise that you can always count on me. wow does that sound corny. but you know that right? that i would never hurt you?"
enjoyy my lovelies [:
you may have created my past and screwed up my present
but theres no way ill let you have control of my future.
the sad truth is
you cant wrap your arms around a memory
it is what it is, kid.
"life is hard"
compared to what?
a lie is a lie.
no matter how beautifully its told
in this weird, twisted kinda way,
i know you miss me liking you.
not because i want to beleive it was true,
but because you'll never find a girl that cared as much as i did,
that can put up with you as much as i did
that would waste as much love on you
like i did.
shes a mess of gorgeous chaos,
you can see it in her eyes.
i miss how you never gave a shit,
but you always seemed to care.
i miss the way you would be such a dick,
but you were somehow always there.
something always brings me back to you
it never takes too long
i cry at movies, hospitals make me nervous
im sarcastic, but it doesnt matter
i can be pretty mean, naive is my middle name
and i dont believe in a perfect love
but it doesnt matter
he thinks its cute
because when im with him
im thinking of you
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you give me happy pain. of course, its painful to be around you, but I cant think of anything that makes me happier.
Its sweet when someone knows every single detail about you. Not because you’re constantly reminding them, but because they pay attention.
her: i cant do this anymore.
him: i hate seeing you like this, but i cant tell you to let go,
i cant face the pain.
her: i know. me either. </3
I like him, but I loved you. I was so in love with you. I let you go because I had to. Because it hurts too much. I needed to be able to look at you and still see this great guy that was trustworthy, I needed to be able to look at you and see my best friend, not just another person who let me down. I moved on, yes, but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten. And that doesn’t mean I won’t be here anymore, if you ever come back.
You can’t do this. You can’t put one relationship on hold for another. It’s like call waiting, you leave one person on hold long enough, & they’re gonna hang up.
Don’t blame him for calling, you’re the one who keeps picking up.
Every girl is going to love a guy who will never love them back. And as she sits there crying because he will never want her, she doesn’t realise that there’s a boy across town thinking of her. A boy who would give anything to see her smile, make her laugh, or kiss her in the rain. A boy who would never make her cry because he doesn’t want her. But she will forever be chasing the boy who will never love her, instead of giving her heart to the one who deserves it.
You know what, fuck you. When she forgets you, don’t remember me, because I’ll be trying my hardest to forget you.
& yet again she’s laying in bed with her eyes to blurred to ring her screen, the messages flooding in from the boy who broke her heart, saying he wants to see her again.
I just hope one day you see me, and your heart stops, and you realize what you could’ve had this whole time.
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lots of love, beckaah
like a rainbow after the rain, there’s always a good thing after the pain.
a hug is like a boomerang, you get it back right away.
Forrest Gump’s momma said life is like a box of chocolates, because you never know what you’re gonna get. But that’s not true. There’s a little menu that tells you what chocolate you’re about to eat. There’s no menu for life.
Don’t let a few rips in your heart keep you from loving at all.
I love you, in a ‘I wish a car would hit you’ kind of way.
& I’ve lost so much trust, I’m not even sure if the sun will rise tomorrow.
There’s just something about you that I’m scared to lose because I know I won’t find it in anybody else.
It’s meant to be, you just don’t know it yet.
If someone asks me who I see my future with, I picture it with somebody who doesn’t exist. I mean, it’s you, but it’s a you that loves me back.
Love is an understatement. They haven’t made a word for what I feel about you.


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There is much talk of 'same-sex marriage' - supported by the all the main three party leaders. I think the phrase is clearly an oxymoron, as marriage is a step on a journey of a man and a woman having children together and bringing them up is a safe secure environment. Marriage is clearly optional - you don't have to be married to have children, or to stay together to bring them up. However it is there for those who want it as a basis for starting a life together in which to start their family.
The big issue that everyone seems to have missed out on is what marriage is actually for - it keeps being presented as a rather trivial celebration of love and an excuse for a party (the wedding). But where marriage really counts is not in the good times (where everything is easy) but in the bad times when things seem bad and dark. Marriage is a constant and permanent reminder that you have chosen to stay together through thick and thin. Children being brought up by their real parents is the gold standard for human interaction. For many, marriage is the life line that keeps families together when everything else says 'give up and let go', making the difference between keeping going and making things work or throwing in the towel.
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You decided to stop choosing that one guy and chose another man, a “kind man and a gentleman” and that works for you dating 3 months no commitment. Now I’m here, reading advice articles… wishing I would’ve done it sooner… while they make their relationship status official on Facebook. I walked away for fear of having to experience him waking away from me someday for “the next best thing”, so I can’t really say if he was a commitment phobe or as this article describes. I have had men who felt that they were not good enough for me and that they would pull me down. Sometimes they just feel like you’re not a good match for a future. In my mind and commit phobe is not holding out for the next best thing. He introduced me to his friends and they seem nice to me.
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