Brett's Status Symbols

This status symbol is an article about Tiger Woods and his divorce with his wife. Tiger showed a lack of commitment in his marriage.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20431415,00.html
This shows how hard commitment can be at times. Tiger lacked that commitment at times and cheated on his wife. This type of lack of commitment may be the worst as well. Because from it, Tiger and his wife abruptly got a divorce, and Tiger will never have the same relationship with his kids.


In this status symbol, Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy called it quits in their relationship. They both seemed to not have full commitment to one another, and had commitments to other things in their lives. In turn, this cost the two their relationship.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20255395,00.html
This article shows how tough a relationship can be when you have to have multiple commitments in your life. Prince Harry was really committed to the army and it made it tough for him to still be with Chelsy. In the end, Prince knew that his priority right now was the army, so he ended the relationship.
I believe that you can have multiple commitments in your life with one commitment being a relationship. If you know you have the right partner, you can always find a way to stay committed. It just takes hard work.

Additional Recent News on Commitment

This article published in TIME Magazine describes the changing trends in marriage, and discusses that fact that marriage is still highly desirable in our culture despite the fact that it is no longer as necessary as it used to be.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2031962,00.html

News article

http://crosscut.com/2010/12/02/religion/20419/Modern-marriage:-Have-we-lost-its-seriousness-/
This article reflects the seriousness our society views marriage as more of an act of of society acceptance instead on marrying for true love. In the example provided in the article, a couple was choosing their vows in which we both on humor instead of the their love in their relationship. In our society today, marriage is more of an action "just to do" instead of for their loving commitment towards one another.

Recent News Stories related to Commitment

This article talks about how even with a divorce, these parents remain committed to their son.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20433693,00.html

This recent news article talks about husbands cheating on their wives.
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/michelle-mcgee-all-men-cheat-women-need-to-accept-that-2010135?page=2

This article explains how saving a marriage takes commitment and hard work.
http://pressreleasecirculation.com/content.asp?ID=28185&ArticleCategory=Advice