This is odd to me. Because really, I feel like God made us to live in a marriage relationship, not in a single one. I know Paul talks about the blessing of those who stay single, which I totally agree with, yet God said that it was not good for man (or woman) to be alone...so He made a partner.
So really, getting married isn't losing being single, it's experience what we were made for from the beginning. It's entering into a full potential of our lives through the relationship that is most important. It's not a loss, it's finally doing it the way it was supposed to be.
If anything, something like divorce is much more of a loss than getting married, becuase that's when the relationship is becoming broken.
They should have divorce showers to mourn the loss of the marriage.
Well...maybe not, that'd be pretty depressing.
I agree whole-heartedly, and in fact, look forward to bachelor parties as a celebration of the death of single-ness, death of celebacy, death of life alone. Marriage is a risky deal, but the payoffs are companionship, spiritual intimacy, ever-increasing skill and pleasure in love making, vacationing together...the list is endless! Proverbs 5:19 my friend. Live it metaphorically - live it literally! Rev. Matson
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