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Basically, in light of how easy it is to get divorced in this day and age and how many times modern people can get married, do you think that marriage has lost its meaning a little?
| No its still means something. | 62 | |
| Yes, its no different than being an unmarried couple. | 104 |
people get a divorce like its nothing. Like they brake up like they are in high school. Once u get married your sopose to stay with ur spouce untill death. Even if she cheats on u.
Marriage is just a slip of paper. I'm not sure it has any internal value besides the one we assign it.
But the thing it represents/alludes to is still very much alive and very potent.
Marriage comes with a price tag. These days its all about what you or the other person benefits from it. People are willing to break heart in attempt to get money, THEY EVEN GET PREGNANT. I am 20 years old, I am not a virgin, but I have strong moral standards and plan to stay that way. Sometimes I feel there is no hope for my generation. I don't even want to get married anymore. Check out my question and help me out you guys, i can really use the support right now
It's not marriage that has lost it's meaning...it's the people who make it meaningless by not having true meaning themselves.
People get married for all the wrong reasons. So much for my fairytale lol.
yeah. I don't wanna be judging, but I think it's kind of funny, when people promise each other "Eternal love, until death do us part, bla bla bla..." and one year later it's "Sorry, honey. You just don't do it for me anymore."
I believe once you make an oath, stick to it and don't break it. Because feelings get in the way and warp the way things really are. People tend to always see the bad and all the good goes to waste. If I get married, I will never divorce him. But that's also why, I won't rush into it because I want to absolutely sure.
People have a different mentality than in the past. Today, you get in a relationship, a year later they already want to get married. Two years later, divorce.
Read carefully(Not applicable to Family Love): The thing about LOVE is that it's an emotion created by the ratio of what we do like about a person compared to what we don't like. I agree that love is real, however I disagree that it can last a lifetime. In today's society each individual is changing everyday because we are all so bombarded with the things we see hear and even say due to our ability to communicate everywhere - without even knowing it (pictures, paintings, telephone, literature, t.v/movies, radio, newspapers ect..) Bottom line, people change, and these days and we're doing more rapidly. When a person changes so do parts of their likes and dislikes, and so do the people who they like and dislike. Because of this, LOVE is a shifty thing. Marriage is a beautiful sacred thing, however these days it's becoming a bit more unrealistic as more and more people become capable of 'Falling out of love'.
I think a lot of people do it for the fairytale of it all. A lot of girls dream of the perfect wedding but they jump in to fast. Also I think some people get divorced without even trying! You used to if something went wrong in the marriage try hard to fix it and stay together. Now it's like the smallest arguement and people are done. Look at a Kim Kardashion 72 DAYS!
But on the other side I do think that it all depends on the people getting married. Some people date for a couple months and deside to get married. For me I would probably wait a few years before ever considering marriage just so I KNOW we work!
Oh and I also think that the words 'I love you' is given out WAY to fast and without any meaning. The first guy I dated he said 'I love you' 2 weeks in and I didn't say it back because I didn't LOVE him yet! I barley even knew him! So he broke up with me over it! So stupid.
Holy crap! You have all been brainwashed by the media! The statistical average of couples getting divorces isn't nearly as high as many people think. People hear that the divorce rate is 50% and assume they're getting the whole story, but they're not! The divorce rate for people who get married before either partner turns 24 is very high. A couple where at least one of the partners is at least 24 drop by to less than half the divorce rate of both being less than 24. And couples that get married with both being at least 24 have divorce rates at around 10%. The majority of people who get married these days fall into categories of one or both being at least 24. The overall divorce rate is only about 27%. It's only that high because of the first category of people getting married when they're both less than 24. If you're wondering why this is I would like to point out that the brain hasn't finished developing until you're 24! Isn't it an amazing correlation? The more your brain has developed, the more mature and able to handle married life you are. That and the average wages for those age brackets have some effect. But overall, marriage isn't failing. We just have less pressure to make it work at younger ages than we did before. It used to be that they would make it work for the years that were hardest, then they would get to they years they really could handle it anyway.
I think in our society as it is right now, unless you're religious marriage is completely meaningless. I told my mom I thought so and that I didn't want to get married, and you know what she answered? she said "well what if you're with a rich guy and he dies and you don't get any of his money?", i was shocked and thought to myself that if this is the only reason for marriage, then it is truly pointless for myself.
marriage is pretty important to me...but i'm seeing it's really not to most anymore. my "bf" is still married to some chick to get more money from the military. good times. That's fun to find out after dating for 2 years.
marrage means alot to me.it means that me and that woman will be with each other til we die
Maybe marriage has gained meaning? Years ago you weren't expected to marry someone you love. No sir, the concept of love was reserved for fancy novels and motion pictures. Now a days people are more independent and can survive without marriage. And they're not expected to make babies immediately. I would say marriage is more about love nowadays.
You tell me what's worse a divorce or a loveless marriage your entire life. I think we're in a good place at the time.
Who told you it's easy to get divorced? It's a HELL of a lot easier to get married. Easy to get divorced?? lol....yeah, and cheap too....riiiiight.
If it had no meaning deep inside, nobody would do it.
In terms of tax breaks and the like, I don't see why it should make any difference if a couple are married or not.