03-10-2017, 01:05 PM
(03-10-2017, 12:42 PM)Carsman Wrote: IMO, It seems many people today don't put as much stock in marriage any longer as they used to.
Today many people use the marriage certificate as a "learners permit", well knowing that divorce is the easy way fix if it doesn't work out!
Yeah, society's view of marriage has changed a lot in my lifetime. Now that divorce is no longer considered taboo, second and third (and even more) marriages are not uncommon.
'Til death do us part' no longer applies in a lot of cases. I don't think that's a bad thing though; better to be happy than make yourself and your spouse miserable until the day you die.
At the same time, it's not generally considered strange anymore for adults of both genders to wait until their 30s or 40s to get married, or choose to remain single indefinitely.
It's either feast or famine for a lot of people in the U.S.