Hiccups; real and imaginary

I just finished hiccuping, which I had been doing for over an hour. 

I also just finished watching 'The Last Kiss" with Vivian and Panda (she semi watched it while doing homework) and quite frankly I did not enjoy it all that much. Not that I believe every 'love story' has to be perky and upbeat, but for some reason, this film just didn't set right with me.    

When did it start becoming acceptable for couples to break up and divorce so quickly? What ever happened to the commitment of marriage and all of the trust that went along with it? Did love change? Did we as people suddenly lose the sense of sticking through something regardless of pain for an easy way out? Do we even know how to go through hard times with another person, or think that it's just simply easier to 'up and leave'. Do we still idolize the same goals and wishes as our previous generations did? I believe so, but somewhere along the lines of technology and all of the changes, something shifted. I think of my grandparents and their generation and how unheard of it was to leave one's spouse. How did that mentality and honor for one another suddenly disappear throughout the years? Staying together until death, which is what my grandparents did on both sides. I respect them and though times weren't ever easy, they made it work.

It saddens me greatly. I don't want to grow up, fall in love, then find myself in a situation where separation is involved. I've had to watch and experience my parents and their fallback, and still till today it affects me in ways I'm not aware of. I don't want to become that, but is that really a choice? I still believe that we each have choices to make and are able to navigate our own ways in this twisted world.

I hope that I will become like my grandparents and find my soul mate and will be able to settle down, have a family, and leave a legacy that is noteworthy and inspires others to have hope and strength.