Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German poet, once wrote: 'Love is an idealistic thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the idealistic never goes unpunished.'

This came from today's article in Straits Times (din think i'd remember quotes in my head rite? :) Used to have a scrapbook on quotes, but lost it).

Anyway, back to the main topic on high divorce rates. Man, 56% for German marriages? That's ridiculously high. Anyway, pray and hope I won't be a casualty of divorce when and if i do get married.

Related to this is a book called "Conditions of Love" by John Armstrong. It's a good read, detailing how people thoroughout the western ages think about love, in the context of literature of that time. Good start to thinking more about how we see love, sometimes, thru a one-sided aspect. What the book really prescribes is a mature view of love and it's many facets. It's something like a self-help book, but without the blatant 'how-tos".

Best way to observe tho, is from other other married households. Nothin like the real drama happenning in front of you :)