Maybe I'm Not Married because No One Knows What Purpose I #Fulfill | #Fulfillment #Fulfilling #Fully #Full #Fill

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Growing up, I never got involved in "dating" (romance). And I always thought that people got married after 'dating exclusively' (i.e. 'going steady') for a while—partly to relieve their respective parents, and 'partly' ('mostly,' at-least in the minds of today's singles) for the convenience ... the two spend so much time together, it's just "more convenient" for them to live together (the same logic that would have children & teachers living at school, workers living at the office ... "dogs and cats living together, MASS HYSTERIA!")

I'd also heard of "courting," and I thought that was 'just the same thing.' And–with America's 'First World'-abundance–it's easy to believe that 'dating' and 'courting' are the same thing! (Oh, First-World Problems 🤣)

But–looking a little deeper into 'courting'–I find out 1) it's something (like 'going steady') that both participants agree their dates are (instead of 'just going out for fun,' they're actually "practicing" being togerther (with a little bit of "judging to see how well they go together")) and 2) it's called "courting" because the participants pattern themselves after 'roles in a royal court' (king or queen, prince or princess, duke or duchess, knight or lady).

Hmm ... I don't know that I've ever had 'a role'—I don't know what is expected of me. I suppose most men fulfill the role of 'earning a living' (serfdom? husbandry? enlistment/deployment?), and fulfill so well that they naturally partner with women who are fulfilling the same role.

I don't fulfill that role—my living is already earned, so the role I fulfill is largely just "living it the best I can." I most-certainly-do-not "look down upon" men and women who have to 'earn their living,' but I cannot count myself as "their equal" ... I guess it's more like I'm 'looking up at them.'

I'll explain more about that in a minute, but first ...

'That word' (below-hyperlinked to Wikipedia's list of Royal Court officials) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Fulfill” is built on words that mean “to Completely (Fully) Fill.” 
The words "Fully" & "Fill" are built on words that mean " |Containing All that can be |Received, |Entire, |Utter."
I don't think there's actually any of the ancient roles that 'each man is supposed to pattern after today,' but I looked them up just in case.

It seems like position in the royal family is sort of secondary to 'position in the royal court'—like 'royal-family members' can do a job in the Royal Court, but ... let's look ...

GetaSword.com lists
  • Emperor/Empress
  • King/Queen
  • Prince/Princess
  • Duke/Duchess
  • Marquess/Marchioness
  • Earl (Count)/Countess
  • Viscount/Viscountess
  • Baron/Baroness
  • Baronet/Baronetess
  • Knight/?
  • Esquire/?
  • Gentleman/?

the court roles are listed below

That is,


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