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Dear Breakup Girl,
I have reached the conclusion that current societal trends suggest that most
decent relationships last on average three years. Do you agree that in
opposition to the 50's, contemporary GenX people will therefore exist in a
string of three-year relationships and in a constant cycle of grieving and
happiness?
-- Cross-Eyed and Well-Spun
Dear Cross-Eyed,
Are you talking about current societal trends, or are
you talking about your current societal life? Anyway -- and either way -- don't
think for a minute that people in the 50s did not exist in a constant cycle of
grieving and happiness (if you remember, it was "Happy Days,"
not "Happy Life"). Just because dating procedures were clearer
and the institution of marriage appeared more stable, the world -- and
relationships -- were hardly problem-free (McCarthy, Rosa Parks,
hydrogen-bomb-building, women "getting pinned," whatnot). So instead
of falsely idolizing times gone by, let's exist in a constant cycle of grieving
and happiness today.
Love,
Breakup Girl
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