The Truth About Compatibility
             Human nature makes us long to be wanted and loved. But our society has made that need one that is often times hard to fulfill as we have become more and more concerned with materialistic things. In a society where everything has to be "our way or no way", meaningful relationships, and especially long lasting ones, have become fewer and farther apart.
             Our society has developed to a point were we expect things to work out the way we want them to, when we want them to. Thus, when we look for a compatible mate, we assume that we will find someone whom we can spend the rest of our lives with without having to work at the relationship and maintaining it. This idea of "when the going gets tough, get out" that we have developed towards marriage and relationships has left our society with a mess. We now have to deal with the impact this has on our youth and the consequences it has on the family and even the community.
             We are also quickly becoming a "feel good" society, meaning that if it feels good then it is okay to do it. So many times chemistry and lust are mistaken for love. Our values are changing, and not for the better. We are becoming unwilling to open up to others and therefore, destroying the only chance there is for a meaningful, long lasting, productive relationship.
             We have to be willing to put as much into a relationship as we want out of it. The effects the divorce rate, cohabitation, and single-parent homes has on our society is obvious but what is even scarier is how damaging it is, not only to our youth, but to our entire society....