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To: kodiak_bull who wrote (22977)	4/1/2005 6:40:24 AM
From: bull_derrick	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23153

KB, on the subject of divorce, I would suggest that your position is reasonable depending on the vow taken. If the vow (a promise) was made to stay together "unto death", then a divorce is a broken vow to that spouse and if done in a Christian context, to God. Since I happen to believe a man is as good as his word, I don't think much of people who break such vows to trade their wives in for newer models, regardless of justifications about lifespans. Some of us marry well in our youth, some of us marry poorly, but the ultimate test of our character is whether we keep our promises later on in life whether it's convenient or not to us.

To: kodiak_bull who wrote (22977)	4/3/2005 6:10:31 PM
From: aerosappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

Kb, Re <<1880: lifespans were fairly short (maybe 50 and 55)>> Actually this is a common misconception. The increasing lifespan is more a function of declining infant mortality in the past 50 years. I have done research on my clan (way back....). Most families had 10 children, 3 of whom died before the age of 1. The rest lived to 70 or beyond. The average for the 10 was 50.7 (7 times 72 years old, plus 3 times 1 year old, divide by 10 kids). I saw this generation after generation for hundreds of years.