Marriage will die out eventually.
The way i view marriage is as a tradition that has stuck with us since the old days, a time when the woman stayed and tended to the home and children while the man was out working/hunting.
It was sort of a contract deal, i do this for you and bear your child, and you support us so we don't die of starvation, get killed by wildlife or murdered by pillaging bandits.
I personally see no good reason to keep marriage in today's society. We don't need such a contract anymore, equality between the sexes has stabilized the financial income in a household and technology has removed our fear of wildlife.
We still got that murderous bandit problem, but that won't go away.
Agreed! But I do see cons to not having marriages around.
What cons do you see? I am honestly interested as i can see none, a vow of trust and love is a great thing to show. But there are other ways to show love and trust that doesn't involve a contract if you catch my drift.
Mostly just if boyfriend/girlfriends have kids, It's easier to walk away, Where as a marriage holds the person together. That is pretty much it. I do think having a "wedding" or a "party " is also good for the relationship, So maybe couples should throw a big party with the families to help celebrating their relationship.
I agree with you that a celebration of the relationship is in order, at least when new life is getting ready to show it's face. But my thoughts are that marriage or not, it's still easy to walk away.
I'll take my family as an example: My father has 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Every one of them has one or more children. One of my uncles is still married to his original spouse. The others are divorced and now with another partner, so the divorce rate in my example equals 75%.
This is not a special case, the divorce ratio in my country (Norway) is quite high. But fewer and fewer are getting married.
I feel like In Norway it may be easier to separate than in the U.S. I'm not saying the U.S. Has good laws on that. But you'd think if it's easy to divorce in Norway, People would be more whiling to take that risk, So maybe like you said it doesn't seem like a necessary thing anymore.