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    SPOUSAL AGE

    GENERATION GAP RELATIONSHIP

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    MAIN ISSUE

    PERSONAL FREEDOM

    vsCULTURAL RESTRAINS

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    THE RELATION

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    CONTRASTP AL A E AP

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    OLD GENERATIONS

    o SIMILAR AGE UNIONS -COEDUCATION

    o ZERO TO FOUR DIFFERENCE OF AGE

    o ARRANGED AT YOUNG AGE -AFFIRMATION

    o WOMEN ARE PROTECTED ( LESSMOBILE ) - CONCERN

    o A LEGAL COMMITMENT MUTUAL

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    OLD GENERATIONS

    ADVANTAGES

    Marriage contract is a commitment

    made in thepresence of a legalauthority, and isvalid until the

    contract is broken Maintain family

    tradition and

    DISADVANTAGES

    Sometimes noapproval by the

    sons or daughters Stuck with an age

    perspectives

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    NEW GENERATIONS

    o WIDE RANGE OF AGE UNIONS -INTERACTION

    o FIVE TO FIFTEEN DIFFERENCE OF AGE

    o WOMAN DECIDE ON THEIR CHOICEOF HUSBAND - FREEDOM

    o WOMEN ARE OPEN TO OLDER MAN -MOBILE

    o A MORALE COMMITMENT MUTUAL

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    NEW GENERATIONS

    ADVANTAGES

    Marriage covenant is

    a commitment made

    in the presence of

    God, and is valid

    until death

    DISADVANTAGES

    Wrong choice

    100% individual

    responsibilty

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    SIMILE of MARRIAGE

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    FREEDOM TO CHOOSE

    o Spiritually, emotionally and physically unite a man and a women together

    o Consider a lasting marriage

    o Have an objective (family)o Not derive from a temporal passiono Reflect on the commitment that you

    have already made to your spouse

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    FREEDOM TO CHOOSE

    DESPITE THATour culture

    o Accepts frequent divorce and remarriageand denies that this is hurting the childrenand the holiness of marriage.

    o Culture places embarrasment and shame onwider age differences than four years inyoung couples.

    o

    Accepts a greater age difference for oldercouples on second marriages.

    o People don't want to admit that their painfulexperiences say anything about broad

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    CHOOSECAREFULLY