Marcus
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I'm not certain that is a good reason to shy away from marriage, though. You marry someone you want to commit to because that's one way to show commitment. If you want to show it another way, and the other person is okay with that, then don't marry, but don't shy away from it because people don't know how to uncommit.
That sounds like a fantastic reason to avoid marriage!
I'm curious about this statement - or maybe I'm curious about the definition of "marriage" you are referring to. Generally speaking (at least in the US), marriage is referring to a legally binding contract between two people regarding their life long commitment to each other "for better or worse". I am certainly in favor of a more rational approach to relationships which exclude this unrealistic longevity clause but is that really the common state of marriage?
These stories of people dragging out marriages well past their shelf-life are not unique and are a direct result of the explicit longevity agreement involved in the legal commitment ceremony and the ever present social stigma of breaking one of these agreements. A marriage contract which is extremely easy to get out of, like a few clicks of a button or mailing a two question form in to the licensing authority sounds like a great idea. However, would that really still be called a marriage without a qualifier (pseudo-marriage, etc)?