to our friends in the great white north

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im sitting on my mother's couch in auburn, california, waiting for her to get off work and take me to the airport. since this is pretty much the end of my "vacation" i thought i might as well recount how it went. i stayed away from the internet (for the most part) until the last day or so. now its time to get back to LA and do the thing i call my

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The word "suffering" sounds depressing :p. Perhaps tolerance and understanding (which are important in any form of human relationship) would be better? It's nice to know that there's always the other person who will share all your happiness, support/encourage you when you are down etc. It's kind of different from having a boyfriend/girlfriend because you know this person is a lifetime companion who will always be there. I suppose one can view marriage as a continuation of the love 2 persons have for each other. Over time, love as an intense emotional feeling may fade (which almost always does) but the relationship evolves to the stage where the other person understands you so well that he/she becomes your best friend. There will be problems along the way, but being married may make you more committed to resolving the problems rather than to simply avoid the problems by walking away (both parties must be willing to work on the problems though). Sometimes certain problems do not disappear by walking away - the problems just recur in your future relationships due to your personal flaws. In the modern time of "fastfood relationships", I'm not surprised that people shun marriages to get out of relationships quickly, avoid lengthy/costly/ugly legal proceedings etc. The world that we live in is already quite pathetic, and hope is perhaps the only thing that brings some cheer. Seeing old couples who have been married for decades strolling hand in hand in the parks always gives me hope and makes me wonder how relationships in the olden days could withstand time and trials so much better than ours.

Isn't racism attributed to the lack of tolerance and understanding for people from other cultures too? Given that the practices of a culture could be the taboos of another, it's just not that easy to have a racism-free society. I live in a fairly multi-racial society where the government actively promotes a common identity and racial harmony, so racism is not a problem here. Getting people to understand more about each other's cultures/practices could help I suppose.

Oh, if he's an atheist, I can understand. I had a couple of close high school friends who converted to christianity when they went to college. It became really hard to talk with some of them after that, as the conversation topics always migrated to the teachings of God and them trying to convert us, the non-believers.