Conversation Tonight

Tonight, I watched the end of the Hornets season at the New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood joint that's literally 2 blocks from my house. I love that place--new, high ceilings, nice, no smoking, huge TVs, and a really nice bartender (Gerald). I ended up spending most of the night talking to a new friend Frank. Frank has been married twice, divorced twice, and is a little cynical (in his own words). He viewed marriage as a "partnership" and did it "because it's the best way to have kids". He also believed that women wanted to have kids and once they "got theirs", then they were done with you (as a man). I then asked him if religion ever played a part in any of his marriages, and he said no, and he went on to say why the Catholic Church was so terrible. Luckily, everything he said about the Catholic Church was not what I believed about the CC, so it ended up good.

What struck me about the conversation was how cynical he was about marriage. He was like, "I lived with this person for 26 years, and that's pretty darn good. There's no way you can live with someone forever." I just really don't like to believe that. Man, I want to live with someone forever. That conversation truly made me believe that the only way marriage can exist is if God is in it--and by "God is in it", I think I mean the SACRAMENT of marriage. Marriage is way more than a simple "partnership"; Geez. It just makes me sad for society in general. They're all looking for happiness, and no one can find it. I'm glad I'm going to be a doctor.