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Dylan John MazziottiSS205: Sociology, Week 07 Activity
Family Activity
I find this activity extremely interested because I have had
some very
interesting exposure to different types of marriage and family
situations. My father
was widowed in 1987, when my mother died from breast cancer.
Years laters, my
father remarried and she had three older daughters, which was
interesting for me to
have older siblings, being the oldest for such a long time. That
marriage didnt work
out probably because they didnt communicate well. Shortly after
their marriage
ended, he married Debbie and has been married ever since and
quite happily at that.
My personal experiences with marriage have been a rocky voyage
as well. I
married my first wife, a crush from high school, after running
into her one day at
the mall on my day off. We hit it off immediately and things
progressed quickly (too
quickly). She got pregnant right around the time we got married
and we prepared for
his arrival. Unfortunately, he was born premature and didnt make
it. Shortly after, she
left. Years later, I met Sarah at work (Zuka Juice) and we dated
for a short time, were
engaged for a year (highly recommend it) and have been married
for almost 11 years.
One of the best things that I love about my marriage is at time
we can be very
functionalistic when we are nsync with each other. When we first
worked together,
we rarely spoke, because we read each other so well that we knew
what he other one
needed. As a father, it did not come that easily.
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For my fathers marriages I was too young or out of the house to
know the
conflicts that he had. For myself, the conflict I have had in my
current marriage is
employment and money, as well as, not keeping my word. This has
put unbelievable
stress on our marriage and if I dont remedy things shortly will
end it. On a good note,
we communicate extremely well and have developed open
communication with our 5
year old son, Lennon.
Being involved with so many types of marriages and families, I
have to deal with
many different types of labels. The most challenging for me was
being a younger
brother to 3 step-sisters because I had no previous experience
to treat them or how to
be treated.
In conclusion, the family is affected by different things social
factors. In my
family, we are mostly affected to my lack of work and bringing
in money, due mostly
to the economic downturn. My grandparents experienced this
during the great
depressions. The family dynamic continues to change due the
growing acceptance of
gay marriage and it will become interesting to see what societys
norms adjust to in
the future.
