My Mother's Ideas about Marriage and My Own

For instance, we don't think the same about marriage. The whole idea of getting married, is where our differences start. My mother is all for it, she thinks everyone should get married. If there’s an adult over the age of twenty-five who wasn't married, my mother started trying to find somebody for them. In her eyes, nobody is a citizen, a complete person, or even a respectable human being, unless they are married. I don't say marriage isn't all right, for the right people but I could imagine going through life without ever experience it. I certainly won't be married at twenty-five. When it comes to premarital sex. There again we part company. My old-fashioned mother believes, in virginity for girls, and a little discreet experience for boys. She wants her daughters to march down the aisle in the white satin dress; that means one hundred percent guaranteed pure, and her sons to have a good time and then settle down with girls like that. This is not for me; I believe in living with you for a while, before even thinking about marrying you. She’s also old fashion about fidelity and divorce after marriage, while I'm not. She wants no adultery and no divorce. If anyone can ever makes it living like that once, which I doubt, they certainly can't do it today. If I get married I'll give it my best try, and any deal I make I'll intend to keep, but if I find I'm married to someone who don't keep the other end of the bargain, why should I be stuck for life? Luckily, as I said, my mother and I love and respect one another. She doesn't push her beliefs on me, and I don't flaunt mine in front of her. In the end, I hope her faith in me will always be justified, but I doubt that I'll be doing marriage by her way. My mother and I get along pretty well. The reason we do is, because her and I have respect for one another, and we stick to this respect; even when we don't have much respect for each other’s ideas. If we didn't respect one another, we’d argue a lot