I think people really need to sit down and reevaluate what marriage is and what is means to them. I think that they need to come to an agreement on what marriage is to them before the dive head first into a binding ceremony that says they are to be with each other and only each other forever. It seems to me that marriage is becoming so disposable to most people as time goes on. The percentage of households consisting of married couples fell from 79% in 1950 to 55% in 1991.
The value system of the family is rapidly decreasing I think and its time to make it stop. How bout all these children coming from these broken homes? What do they think a family is supposed to be made up of? Yelling, screaming, and hatred? These kids are just going to grow up to become part of broken homes themselves. They are not going to know how to trust and keep a relationship. I’m not saying all children from broken families will be like this but studies have shown that a lot of them are.
Keep in mind that when you choose to have children you made an independent contract with them to present them with a stable home where they can learn the skil
It just goes to show with the age of married couples rising that people do not really want to get married they keep waiting longer and longer to jump into that pool of devotion.
Another type of couple that need not be married is the young couple with the pregnant single mother who are just getting married because an un-expecting child is on the way. There are other options other than just getting married, having the child, fighting disrespectfully in front of the child and then getting a divorce. I feel they are just doing more damage to the child than if they were to never get married. At least then they are sparing the child from torment of seeing mother and father battle to the death every night.