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Apr. 25, 2008

marriage part 2

Now I’m the type of person who wants to have lots of kids (like at least 10), so I want to start having kinds shortly after getting married. And seeing how I want to get married young, nether me will have finest collage (that is if all things go the way I would want them to go), we (my wife and i) my want to go to different collages, so what will we do. Well I will let her go to her collage first (if that’s what she wants but if she wants me to go first I will) and I will work and if we have any kids yet (assuming there past the point where they need to stay with their mom) I will take care of them while she does her schooling . And when it’s my turn to do my schooling she will take care of the kinds while I do my schooling. Now this is something that both my wife and I will have to be willing to do for the other. This may not work for everyone, I know that. It also depends on whether she wants to go to college. But if she does I will make that sacrifices for her, and I believe if I find “her” she will too.

I want to talk about the benefits of doing marriage and collage this way. First off, it will show right up front that we are willing to make sacrifices for each other. This will show us that we are truly committed to the other. Another benefit is that if my wife or I is taking a class that we don’t understand but the other one does, it will help us see and remember that we complete each other. This will help us chose the class’s we take, if I know the my wife is far better at this or that then I am, I will know that I don’t have to stress over it, or try to put more time in that, rather than improver and adding onto the gifts I know God has put inside of me. We will be able to know the type of ministry we’re going to go into much better than if we wanted till we both finished our schooling and got settled down in a ministry.

Now most collages have houses or apartments for married couples so there are no problems there. We could help pick the classes the other was going to take, and even help them study. Now I will admit that it would be much easier if we waited to have kids, but we’ll work it out ether way.

Now again I will say that this may not work for everyone, but that’s not because it is wrong. This form of marriage can only work one if you find the right one when you’re young, two both have to want to it this way, three you have to be seeking god with your whole hart both of you. The lack of one of these and I don’t think it would work at all. This form of partnership is in my mind the best form; you go though all your studies together, so you really know each other’s strengths and weaknesses. You get to start your own life together from the beginning.

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Apr. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by SimplePlanSarah
wow u have nack for writing way to go the thoughts u bring to it r so mind strechting, u make ppl think!
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Apr. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by brettmitchell
lol well thank you, thats what im trying to do, whitch is why i wount to know what people think about it. so dont be shy and dont think you'll offend me or upset me, i really want to know.

In Christ
brett
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Apr. 25, 2008 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>

Posted by Allysa
Brett, I believe I understand you better reading this second part. I think it's great you want have a large family, and you seem willing to sacrifice a lot for your wifes education and happiness. I believe this way of living would be quite stressful on your marriage,children and schooling at the same time would not be easy. I think if I were to get married(which I am not) I'd want to stay home with my children. Anyhow you are in my prayers and I believe if this is the life God wants for you, you will do the best you can to support your family and I wish you the best of luck. Also if by chance this is not the plan God has in mind for you, there are many mentors and others who could provide help for you with your college education.
Allysa

Edited by Allysa on Apr. 25, 2008 at 11:18 AM
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Apr. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by megjo
I do understand u better know. Thats great and it sounds like a plan :)u seem very sacrificing for ur fouture spouse.
ttyl
reby
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Apr. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by brettmitchell
ok, thank you for the comments, and understanding. i broke it into those two parts for a reson. i know that they could have been put together, but i wound not have goting the same feedback fro you.

so i see where you might think that this life choice may be stressfull on most, but thats only if you make it that way. we would be going into our marriage and life knowing what was going to happen (that is what we would have to do) whitch would make it less stressfull. knowing this will be diferant and posiblely harder keep things from become overwelling.

something i should have made clarer is i dont know that i will start haveing kids right away, we may wait a littel whille (1 to 2 years) witch would give us more time to get into the swing of this diferant life stile. it may work out better for me to do my collage first, so that my wife can take care of the kids at that time where they really need mom more than dad, abd then i would take over more of the responobilety when she go's for her collage.
this is a way of keeping the faily closer and more unified.

personly i would very much like to be ably to have my wife stay at home with the kids, and i will try to do that, whitch will be eayer with a minestry. she could still help but it would be more of a family thing not a im doing this you teend to the kids.

this may be hard to believe but i already have one buissness and plane on haveing another by the time im at the univerity i plane on going to. both are thing that i wont ned to do much "work" with by that point. but i know that may not happen. so i do think i could still take care of my wife going about it this way.

part of my schooling has been life prep, i've leaned how to make a buget, shop smart, cook, and take care of kids and house thing (i do have 5 younger sibling, and im 7 years older than the oldest on and 12 years older than the youngst one) so i am more prepaired then the normal teen. this does not make me think i wont have things to learn but many of the important thing i;ve already been working on.

keep asking if you want more

God Bless
brett
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Apr. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Allysa
Brett, I see you have given this a lot of thought. But the first years of marriage are just stressful, no matter who your are or how old you are, its a big change and it will be hard at first.Yes you should have been clearer about when you wanted to have kids, thats an important thing to work out and it would be hard to have them during college. I am glad to hear your are so educated in life skills that very important and they will come in handy. Well I'm not sure if my opinions are having any impact so I'll again wish you the best of luck.
Allysa
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Apr. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Danielle
I am confused brett are you marrying allysa? do u guys live near each other. I thought she did'nt want to get married but then u said we so..... well if so allysa u are lucky:)
Danielle
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Apr. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by megjo
This is regarding danielle's Q's actually my sis alli is pretty steadfast on not getting married, and she does not know brett
personally they are HSB pals so....
p.s Brett I really don't think I am ready to think of marriage
but I am wondered are u into courting?
peace ite
rebs
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Apr. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by brettmitchell
lol...ya allysa and i dont really know eachother.. when i said and will say we i mean my wife and i, sorry about the confusion.

ine of my main resons for doing marriage this way is becouse i believe it will make many stessfull parts not as stressfull. we wont have to rearang our lives any more then if we were just to move out of our parents into our own hose (seperat homes). from what i've seen in marriages has been changeing form doing your own thing to sharing a life with someone eles. after you've been on your own for any amount of time thing are very diferant when you go back into haveing to live with someone eles. but right out of school you havent had the opertunity to get use to kiveing on your own, so the trangaction will be less stressfull. and even if the first few years are hard or stressfull it would be comppletly woth it, becouse our marriage will be stronger.

now about the courting thing, i have studdy did a bit, not as much as my mom wanted. i think it is a great idea, whitch would make my idea of marriage even easyer and beter. but the only down side is finding someone eles who want to do it. i will say that a girl is probily more likely to court than a guy is, so it will make it hard for you. but i would most defeantly encourage you to do that if your thinking about it. it would make your marriage even better and your husband love you even more. if i could i would change that about me, and if i could go back i would court insted of Date.

In Christ
brett
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Apr. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Azrael2112314
Although I can appreciate the fact that when you DO get married you'll put your all into it, I still think that you may want to be moving along too fast.

Of course if you think that God has set you on a specific track then you must carry it out.

However, if you're mistaken, remember to keep your patience. Heck, even if you're NOT mistaken remember to keep your patience.

So far from these two marriage posts I've discovered that you've thought out these plans rather well. Just remember that the woman that you're getting married to might have a different mindset than yours.

You've put alot of thought into developing a plan. But remember to put just as much thought into a plan B.
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Apr. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by brettmitchell
thank you all for your inrest and consern.

Alex i believe that see how heavey God has put this on my heart, that He would have put it just as heavey on my"wifes" heart as well.

i know that it would be hard to fine someone like this or like me, (alex yo know me beter then anyone eles) but this Question go's to everone (manly you girls) would you, if you found somebody you thought was the one and they wanted to do marriage the same way i do want would you do. please be honest.

God Bless
brett
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Apr. 26, 2008 - Hmm...

Posted by SuperAngel
While I agree with you on wanting to have a large family and the gist of this post, I don't agree with the woman going to college part at all!
I do not think that college is the place for women and why would she need any type of schooling if she is going to stay home and be a mom? I do not think that if she is planning on being a stay at home mom that she needs to get any degree. With that degree would come debt and that it not something that young couples need to deal with.
Personally, I do not plan on going to college. I wouldn't care if my husband went to college though.

On another note, Alex, you said, "Just remember that the woman that you're getting married to might have a different mindset than yours.".
I do not agree with that either. If you are following God's will and praying and asking guidance, and you along with your parents think you have found the person you are suppose to marry, then I do not think that you will have a different mindset. Why would God tell you to spend the rest of your life with someone who won't have the same ideals as you? That won't work very well if you are to be unified together in everything. Now, I know you won't always agree with your spouse, but it is not God's will for you to marry someone who is of a different mindset than you.

To answer your last comment's question, Brett, I would do probably everything you have said except for the college part. I hope to get married soon and I am 18. I would love to be married by the time I am 20 or before, but that is in God's hands and He will guide me and my parents on the right path. I am not going to date, so we are trusting God to bring the man I am supposed to marry into our lives and somehow tell us that he is the man!

I hope this makes sense. :D
Prayers and Blessings!
Miss Amanda
http://superangelsblog.com
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Apr. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by brettmitchell
Thank you!!! your one of the first people to really agree wuth me. now on the girl going to college. i by no means think it is nesusary.. i just added that so to show that if she wanted to go to college...if she didnt want to go or if it wasnt for her, we would do everything i said minnes her going to college.

i do want my wife to stay at home, (that is i would perfer that, but if not its ok). althogh i hope my wife will we help with whatever ministry i am in. i do think that my wife and i will work side by side fir God.

thnk you for the input

In Faith in our Lord Jesus
Brett
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Apr. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
Miss Amanda, It seems to me that u have probably been very sheltered. I am happy for u. I hope that the rude awakening of reality when u get married will not be to hard on u.I think women that don't have a serious boyfriend by the time they get out of highschool should go to college. I hope that brett understands my reasons for thinking diffrently from miss Amanda since he is from a divorced family. My point is to long to go into so I will just say I don't agree
God bless,
Anonymous
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Apr. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by brettmitchell
where i see what your saying, i still think that it is far better to not be in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, our world pushes that and i regret haveing started it. i do have a girlfriend, we've been together for 9 months now and it is posoble that she could be the one, but i still think that it would be better to get to know your partner on a friendship and geting to knowechother better without the pressers that a boyfriend or girlfirend couse. i've knotest that when you start to like someone you try hard to get to know them better, but after you start dateing you dont care as much about there life plans... you spend more time being all googly eyed and love sick, and you cant think on the same leavle...this happend to me and my girlfriend. when i knotest i started changing things..now i make sure we talk about life goals and plans. the other problem comes from doing anything and everything to keep them likeing you and your not always honest, this is not a way to have a relationship. you get to know them much better (most the time) outside of a dating relationship.

Gods Blessings
Brett
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Apr. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by megjo
Azrael, Thank you that is one of my points. Sorry if I did'nt make it clear. Making a plan b is so important to me although I think u have to take sometime before marriage to make it,But i think life is so unpredictable that it seem reasonable.
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Apr. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Azrael2112314
Although, Brett, if you do get married to know a girl better that IS awfully permanent. And seeing how you're not exactly a big fan of divorces you could be rushing into things.

But then again I haven't dated a girl for nine months straight. In fact, my dates haven't lasted more than one night. But enough about me.

But you and I both agree that you can learn alot more from someone of the opposite sex through just plain ol' friendship.

I hope I'm not speaking out of lack of experience but I think two can maintain a relationship without having the permanency of marriage right away.

Hope that last paragraph didn't sound too inexperienced...
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Apr. 28, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by brettmitchell
i didnt say get marred to get to know them better..im not sure what i said that hinted to that...sorry.

i said its better to get to know them on a friendship level, not a dating level (that would inclued marriage). haveing a good strong friendship i think could be more benifishal. i think you have a better chance of really geting to know your partner. (i mean just look at the way we are with maih, hannah, and dana) we act the same as when we're just hanging thing the guys...thats how you need to be the person your going to be with spending the rest of your life together.
i hope this is more cler....if not keep talking

In His Truth
brett
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Apr. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Reby
Only a few more weeks lucky.yeah I write my music above my lyrics.It works pretty sweetly.
ttyl
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