With so many divorces...do you still believe in marriage & commitment?

Answer 1

I certainly do. Why should i base my relationship with my wife on percentages? I know i love my wife, and personally, I have the faith that as long as we keep God first, then although we may have hills and valleys in our marriage, we will not divorce. The problem with most people is that getting divorced is made so easy now. So many people feel why should they go through the trouble of actually working on their marriage? Especially of you can be single in the time it takes to go through a drive-thru.
No one ever said it was easy, but anything that you value, should be worth fighting for.

Answer 2

Yes, I still believe that a marriage can work if both spouses are committed. I think there are too many people out there that just don't care if they cheat with a married person or a person that's in a relationship so there's more divorces and break ups than ever. People need to respect themselves and other people. But I do believe marriage can work, if you want it to work.

Answer 3

I do I'm 22 and have been with my husband for almost 6 years. My parents have been married for almost 33 years and taught me the complexity and wonderfulness of marriage. The best advice I ever heard to consider before you get married at any age from a divorce lawyer was to pull out a peice of paper and write down all the faults and things that your partner possesses. If you feel you can actually live with those faults and accept them without going into the marriage thinking you will change those things then you will have a successful marriage. We get along, discuss our problems and make decisions together and consider each others opinions before going off and doing something. My biggest thing from watching my eldest sister's relationships is if you are standing on a rope bridge over lava and the two of you are more interested in arguing who will fall to their death first then you defiantely shouldn't be marrying each other let alone be in a relationship of any kind beside maybe friendship. A lot of people are naturally selfish by nature and they have to consider that marriage is a very selfless comittment and if they can't consider the partner's feelings and outlook then maybe that person isn't right for them.

Answer 4

Yes, because I believe that the reason we have such a problem with divorce is because people get married for the wrong reasons, like for sex, and don't work on the relationship more before marriage. Also I feel that sex before marriage and couples living together before marriage leads to the high divorce rate, there was a study that shows couples who live together before marriage have between 60 & 85% chance of divorce.

So yes I believe in marriage & commitment, it's not easy, it takes alot of hard work, not just by one partner, but by both. That's why marriage is considered a partnership.

Answer 5

Yes I defiantly do believe in marriage I know if you make it work then it will but you have to love the other person I have a great marriage and I'm not afraid to day so people now day get married one day get divorced the next without even thinking another thing about it people just don't care!

Answer 6

I'm a very old fashion person I still believe in marriage but the problem is no body is willing to fight for there marriage and they give up way to easily. They don't take there vows seriously. This is because the public finds this except able and they don't look down on divorces as they did in the past.

Answer 7

The people who don't believe in it are the ones who either went through a divorced family or are divorced themselves, so they are biased. However, talk to a couple who has been married 30 years and you can bet that they still firmly believe it marriage.

Answer 8

Yes, I feel strongly about marriage and commitment. I have been married for 12 yrs. and if something would happen to my husband I wouldn't have another man around. I think that if you find the right person, marriage and commitment will work and be very important.

Answer 9

I really think that marriage is cliche...you can find love and show it in many different ways...just not marriage. for most people right now a paper seems to put an expiration date on a relationship. Vows, as laws, are meant to be broken...it's up to you in the end to go on with it or not...

Answer 10

Well I believe in my marriage, but alot of people have the thought in their head " there's something better" , yeah they maybe someone prettier than your spouse, or funnier, but you have your spouse because you choose them. I believe divorce goes hand in hand with marriage in the world today. But I believe in what I have and so does my husband, and you just continue to work at it, and dont give up.