Marriage, an Inconvenient Truth

Yesterday, Anonymous stated “being married is not a goal for me. I've been married. Wasn't great. Being a good relationship is what matters to me. I am. Maybe we'll marry. We probably should. Maybe later. Maybe not. I really don't care.”

First off, I do not believe your totally apathy toward marriage. You thumb your nose at the institution with statistically high failure rates to which you have contributed.

In your current situation, you have control of your relationship and cannot be disappointed because you demand nothing. There is no contract or mutual consideration. Dating is designed as a means to marriage, but you claim to be satisfied just to date the rest of your life.

Today children are corrupted by declining values and lack moral fortitude. Hollywood has peddled co-habitation and illegitimate children as acceptable lifestyles, and marriage has become an inconvenience. Why follow traditional social norms that demand marriage and fidelity when it is perfectly acceptable to live together and raise a family while just dating?

Marriage legitimizes a relationship that otherwise is comparable to those found in a brothel. It lays the foundation for the family unit that influences future generations, and marriage publicly announces a commitment to another person which can so easily be justifiably discounted when someone is merely dating.