This week was an interesting week in class. It is another dreaded topic...sex. One thing that I found interesting is how emotional infidelity comes about. It often is when connection is with someone other than your spouse. Social media comes into play with infidelity and you connect with friends or old flames and connect. Usually one of the partners was inviting. I find it so interesting that now so many relationships are ruined from social media.

The question is who marries? I wondered about this and found that the answer is very interesting and true. The answer is that people with religious values tend to marry more. After hearing this I pondered and thought that is so true most people who do not have some sort of religious background do not find marriage a thing to do. I also thought as being Mormon, many people probably see us as marrying all the time. Also we talked about how marriage being sacred motivates people towards being married. Sacred means set apart for something above or higher. When sacred comes into the picture, I feel marriage is greatly sought after. 

I thought this week in class was very interesting. We were talking about the dreaded topic of dating. I loved all the different inputs and ideas that were talked about in class. I personally have noticed that guys these days are not asking us girls out as often. But I can understand that they can be very intimidated by us. I also think that we girls can go and ask out guys, I just think that it is a little nerve racking and scary to go ask. I really liked when we talked about how long we have known someone. One it takes at least 3 months to BEGIN to know someone. Two with talk: mutual self disclosure. And third with togetherness do a wide range of activities. We can not leave out any of these pieces to know someone or the relationship will be distorted. I love dating but sometimes it can be overwhelming sometimes. I think we all worry but I think we should not be afraid and have one ounce of courage.

This past week in class a quote really stuck out to me. "For every couple two women loose their opportunity for motherhood." I really found this interesting because it is so true with every couple of two men it takes away two great women's opportunity to become mothers. It is just sad that this is happening so much now. I think people these days have forgotten the purposes of family and what defines a family. From the proclamation to the world it says that "A man and a woman should be legally and lawfully married." I believe this is true.

This week we were talking about roles and behavioral tendencies and there is a quote today in class that I loved it was, "Working together to create something beautiful." I love this because it is so true that when we get married our roles can come together to make something beautiful. We can work together by teaching each other different talents and also supporting each other in our roles. I can't wait to be married and to share my talents and create something new with my future husband when the time comes.

Recently in my class we were talking about social class and culture and how it effects family experiences. At one point we were asked to talk about our own social class and family experience with a neighbor. I noticed that we had differences and similarities. My family is from the middle class where my dad works in the navy and my mom works from home, we have money but we are not poor neither rich. I explained that during high school I never had a job until this last break. Even though I did not have a job my mom and dad still taught me the value of working hard and saving money through their example. The neighbor I was talking to had a way different experience where she was taught hard work and saving by going out and having a job herself. I definitely think that social class does effect the way we have family experiences.

This week in my Family Relations class we were talking about marriage trends and one that caught my attention is that the Divorce rate has increased. I think divorce is a major issue. This week at devotional I was able to here from Julie B Beck and she had a great quote on marriage. "We do not go through the Temple like we are going through a fast food window." I think that many young people are rushing to get married then realize that they should divorce but that is not the case if you work together and pay attention then best chances will be happiness in your marriage. What are your guys thoughts on divorce and how to keep the marriage going?