Correção de Essay: Marrying someone...

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Here's another TOEFL essay.

Is it better to marry someone who is similar to you, rather than someone who is different from you?


Looking for a stable relationship with others always brings a old question: shall people marry someone similar of diferent to them? Altought making a rational decision may be hard, I believe that marrying someone who is similar to me is better, mainly because in this situation it is easier to live together.

Marrying someone is, in most cultures, linked to the fact of living together and, thus, sharing the same space for the rest of their lives or, at leat, until they break. However, living together with a partner isn’t so simple as usually is living togheter with parents, for example, mainly because each partner grew up in a distinct environment and is likely to has different habits. In fact, my mother used to say to me that all relationships are good until the partners decide to live together. Altought I have never lived together (in the same house) with a girlfriend, I recognize this problem by analyzing the relationship of a friend of mine. When he and his girfriend started to share a condo, the relationship deteriorated, mainly because he wasn’t used to clean up the mess of the house.

In addition to the problem of sharing the same space, I believe that outdoor activities are crucial for the health of the relationship and, in this sense, it is very positive having a intersection between the interests of each one. For instance, I really love watching to _______ music concerts, but I had a girlfriend who didn’t like it and, for her, hanging out with me to a concert was very boring. In the same way, she was used to eat japanese food on the weekends, but I simply hate this type of food. Therefore, hanging out in a relationship with someone whose interests are very distinct from yours can be really difficult.

Finally, I would say that many marriages are made with the intend of having childs in some point of the future. In this sense, similarities between the partners are essential, once it possibilities certain consensus about the way in which the child will be educated.

Considering all above, I think there are much more advantages on marrying someone similar to me than marrying with someone who has very different ideas and interests.




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