Comments on: Towards a Typology of Marriage http://www.boldlygo.org/towards-a-typology-of-marriage Science Fiction, Philosophy, and the Future... Wed, 12 May 2010 15:44:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kelly http://www.boldlygo.org/towards-a-typology-of-marriage/comment-page-1#comment-6 Kelly Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:38:45 +0000 http://boldlygo.org/blog/towards-a-typology-of-marriage/#comment-6 16 different combinations. Imagine that. I say we shouldn't wait for the future to start these options on marriage. Let the future be NOW. It would certainly spice things up a bit. But please, don't tell my wife. A very insightful post, I agree. 16 different combinations. Imagine that. I say we shouldn’t wait for the future to start these options on marriage. Let the future be NOW. It would certainly spice things up a bit. But please, don’t tell my wife.

A very insightful post, I agree.

]]> By: Jared Page http://www.boldlygo.org/towards-a-typology-of-marriage/comment-page-1#comment-5 Jared Page Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:38:25 +0000 http://boldlygo.org/blog/towards-a-typology-of-marriage/#comment-5 Interesting post. As you said, I think people do tend to view marriage as either being something that will not change, or something that will be abolished. It is very possible for it to dramatically change, but still remain. I agree with Betsy and Justin's description of a shift occurring from productive to hedonic marriage. Work tends to be very independent in families today, and that trend will likely continue. Those are all good ways of objectively categorizing marriage. Between them, I think the first one lends itself the most to subjectivity. This is because most people aren't definitely one or the other, but somewhere in between. Some work is shared, and some consumption is shared. Even whether a marriage is open or closed tends to be more clear cut. Anyway, I've never even thought about how to categorize different marriage possibilities. Insightful post! Interesting post. As you said, I think people do tend to view marriage as either being something that will not change, or something that will be abolished. It is very possible for it to dramatically change, but still remain.

I agree with Betsy and Justin’s description of a shift occurring from productive to hedonic marriage. Work tends to be very independent in families today, and that trend will likely continue.

Those are all good ways of objectively categorizing marriage. Between them, I think the first one lends itself the most to subjectivity. This is because most people aren’t definitely one or the other, but somewhere in between. Some work is shared, and some consumption is shared. Even whether a marriage is open or closed tends to be more clear cut.

Anyway, I’ve never even thought about how to categorize different marriage possibilities. Insightful post!

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