Youve got it exactly right. Our young people are scared of getting married anymore because the effects of divorce are everywhere. The morals of our grandparents are slowly going out into space along with the dinosaurs of the world and eight track tapes. Its probably already past the point of no return to save our old fashioned morals and values,but we did it to ourselves. We are a product of our own society. For many years we let things deterriate and no one cared, now all of a sudden we start to care again, too little too late. We cant understand what happened to our kids but we wont look to when all this started and did absolutely nothing about it. We became oblivious to our surroundings figuring that once again God will come and save our sorry as.es and forgive our sins. Trouble is he didnt come quick enough and now we got what we deserved, unfortunately. And the kids of today and tomorrow are paying the hefty price for our stupidity
2007-01-22 12:18:06
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answered by Arthur W 7
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I think less people are getting married because more people are getting divorced. You look around and see so many couples getting divorced. I'm sure a lot of these divorces could have been avoided if the people had waited a little longer to get to know each other before they married. I have been married for over 16 yrs. and although it has not always been easy, we both work hard to make our marriage work. People just don't try any more, divorces are just too easy to get these days. Morals are out the window with today's young generation. Unfortunately
2007-01-22 20:10:02
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answered by Anonymous
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Probably because they want an easy out, should it come to that. My husband and I only lived together very briefly before we got married. The date was set, the rings bought, and the honeymoon planned BEFORE I moved in with him (he owns a house). We now have a little girl and are a very happy family.
Some say "it is just a peice of paper". Or "we love each other anyway" or "we are common law married" but that is all bull. Nothing compares to having the same last name, being a family and being husband and wife.
It is my belief that those who do not want to get married (and use the above excuses) are immature and would rather "play house" then enter into a real and lifelong commitment.
2007-01-22 20:25:48
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answered by ShellyLynn 5
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I think it has alot to do with our media (TV ,radio )and news reporters.Just last week a group of friend and I went out to eat.While sitting in the diner you could see a billboard across the street that had two advertisements on it.One was advertising home mortgage loans at a local bank and the other was about un-contested divorce (only $499).We began talking about the sign and one of the friends was telling us about how he and his wife got married and how much it cost them.He said that between his parents and hers both families spent about 20 thousand dollars.Most all at the table agreed that it should cost way more to get out of marriage than to get married.Morals were something that were lost along the way somewhere back about 1975 I think.
2007-01-22 20:21:47
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answered by Anonymous
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God only knows. People have begun to think that marriage is all about fun and romance and being in love. So, when they discover it is not only about that, they run for the hills. Our grandparents married because it was the practical thing to do - they realized that marriage is about a loving friendship with someone through thick and thin and good and bad. It isn't all flowers and chocolate and being happy.
2007-01-22 20:11:53
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answered by Chic 2
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I've actually asked a lot of live together couples about this. I hear a lot of the same thing. "Its just a piece of paper." They love eachother enough that they don't need anyone else's approval or blessings to be together. When you think about it, its just a lot of money for a dress you'll wear once, hundreds of dollars for a cake that won't even be half consumed, and a lot of creepy relatives you wanted to forget.
2007-01-22 20:10:44
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answered by sunangel2888 1
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things have changed from our grandparents day. why risk marriage and lose everything the way the courts are today and gold diggers might as well jsut live together that way if something goes wrong its alot easier.
2007-01-22 23:22:23
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answered by For ever in my Heart 7
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People now a days figure why buy the cow when the milks free.Thank GOD all of us don't think that way.
2007-01-22 20:10:50
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answered by Anonymous
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Because marriage is all about romance and Divorce is all about finance and there's only so much money to go around!
GOT IT?
2007-01-22 20:05:01
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answered by open_phunguy 3
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You act as if staying single is immoral. It's not. It's just a matter of choice and personal fulfillment. And for a lot of people, myself included, marriage is far from fulfilling.
2007-01-22 20:23:07
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answered by Anonymous
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