I find it continuously interesting to keep my proverbial finger on the social jugular regarding marriage. Being in Boston, I hear about it a LOT and am surrounded with all sorts of differing opinions (mostly differing from my own). I found this article on CNN today:
Started out interesting, thought she made some good points, but then the article took a serious nosedive. I was amazed...how did point A lead to point B? How are my values and moral so completely different than this woman's?? And is this really what society believes? In my experience I have found that while people are usually unwilling to "declare" morals that apply to others (I have mostly heard the "I believe one thing but it doesn't mean that it's bad if someone else doesn't ascribe to that same mentality"), most I've met generally still believe in "marriage" as an institution. I have definitely met some who do not, don't get me wrong, but it seems like the majority do. So my question is...why do people ascribe to marriage if divorce is right around the corner? Why put on a wedding (and a horrendously expensive one at that), creating a union recognized by God and the State, just to know that when you both start to change (which you see as inevitable), you'll go through the heartache, the trouble, the money, the court, to end this thing in which you never actually believed? I don't get it. Why not just NOT get married? You know what I think it is? I think people actually DO believe in marriage, or at least WANT
