Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Significant Other? Perfection? "Romeo And Juliet?" Really?
What is essential to share regarding your completion of the "Perfect
Match " handout? How does your experience relate to what you know about
Romeo and Juliet's situation? What does this make you think? Reflect?
Contemplate? Don't forget to include references to our class discussion.
This blog response should be completed in class on 4-12-17.
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Romeo and Juliet's relationship is forbidden by the arranged marriage that Juliet has with another guy. I cant really relate, but in this day and age people have the perceptive you should marry who you love and I do support that.
Romeo and Juliet relationship was complicated because of the time period and how arranged marriages were strongly encouraged. I can't relate because of how expecting people are in this time period. I think that is wrong to not let someone be with someone they love.
My mom and I had very similar results with the answers of my perfect match survey. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet's parents did not like her choice of Romeo, they had different ideas of men for their daughter. My mom and I both chose traits that were best for me and something that would compliment there personality that I have and the type of person that I am. Unlike Romeo and Juliet, my mom and I did agree on my perfect match, they were all best for my well being and future.
What your parents want is not always what you want. There is always some discrepancy on what the parents view is important in a relationship and what the kids are having in a relationship. It depends on who it is.
The expectations of my parents, society and myself all seem to correlate in one way or another. What I want in a partner is what my parents would want, which is for me to be happy. Times change and society wants us to marry who we love, no matter what religon, sexuality or class. And I think that is beautiful
Romeo and Juliet's story of forbidden love isn't something I can really relate to, because my parents and I have roughly the same standards. I think that all parents should let their children marry who they love, and loves them back.
After filling out the Perfect Match Survey, I found that my moms answers were very similar to mine. We have very similar beliefs and she knows me very well. She mainly wants me to have someone that will make me happy. I don't really think my mom cares that much about who Im with. The main thing is that they're nice. This is different than Romeo and Juliet because she didn't really have a choice.
The significance of completing the Perfect Match Document showed how your opinion and what you are looking for may be different that what your parents want in someone for you. In Romeo and Juliet, their relationship is limited by the arranged relationship Juliet already has. It shows the controversy between Juliet's opinion and her parent's opinion.
No matter what the outcome, in the end, especially in this day and age, the parent's opinion doesn't matter. It may be wise to take into consideration what your parents say, but really all that is significant is your ability to find someone who will treat you well and help you improve throughout your life. The place where your parents opinion fits in here is that your parents often have experience and know what traits are best in a relationship.
I can't really relate to having parent wanting me to date a specific person, because my parents sort of let me do my own thing and let me make my own mistakes.
Romeo and Juliet were both forbidden to see each other. Both of them had very different families therefore they had differences and it was hard for them to see each other. This proves that a perfect match is not always the same exact traits. Two people could have very different personalities and be a match.
Through this survey activity, I learned that my parents and I have very similar ideas of what the perfect partner would be. I’ve never had a significant other, so I don’t know if the situation would change if these characteristics were instead a real person. My situation is quite different than that of Romeo and Juliet because my parents and I are on the same page and I trust their judgement. I am not interested in a relationship at my current age and situation, so I can not imagine two teenagers going to such lengths for love.
I realized after doing the Perfect match survey that my parents have very high expectations. They want to make sure I am taken care of but only to their standards. I understand that they want me to be taken care of, but I think that part of life is learning from your mistakes and that can be one of mine or it may not be. What ever happens I know that my parents will always want what is best for me.
After filling out the document, I found that there were some similarities regarding the perfect match. I realised that they were mostly about personality and having a "nice" match. This makes me think about Romeo and Juliet because they didn't care as much about who they were or whether they made each other happy. Because of their name it caused problems for the families.
Despite the facts of Juliet's disobedience, nobody is perfect with or without obstacles that might get in the way. Nobody is always right or always wrong. You are yourself and nothing could ever change that.
My situation is not very relatable to that of Romeo and Juliet. While my parents and I have different priorities about conventionalism of a partner, they are not very restrictive.
The survey showed that my parents want anyone specific for me. They wanted me to chose for myself and chose what I liked. This was not like in Romeo and Juliet because in that story they are limited to their perfect match. They didn't have any freedom because her parents chose for her.
When my parents and I completed the Significant Other survey I noticed that we had very different responses. There were some responses that were similar but for the most part they were very different. My parents were really focused on the happiness of my future where as I was more focused on the little things that I think matter, not necessarily looks but just general little stuff. This in a way portrays a lot of what is in the Romeo and Juliet story line. Juliet's father just wants her to be happy and wants best for his daughter. They may agree on some terms for the perfect match but but in the end his daughter may end up loving someone other than his requirements for her match.
My experience doesn't really relate because my family is supportive of whoever I date. My family has never tried to arrange their children or siblings with spouses and some of my family got divorced and now have extended family. My inner family is merging with another because my dad is dating another woman after my mom past away. Love should have no boundaries especially from people who are supposed to love you the most. So when one's parents try to arrange their marriage I don't think that it's right for arranged marriage to happen.
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