Is marriage going out of style?

im 24 my wife is 21 we have been married for 3 years in march and we have 2 children.im not the only younger man that i know that is married or getting married so i dont think that marriage is out of style i thin kthat people now a days are affraid of commitment.

no, i dont think its going out of style, but i also dont think that all couples with a kid should immediately get married. its up to them what they want in their relationship, and its not really anyone else's business. what is marriage anyway? a legal document saying that you will stay together forever? if you have that bond with someone anyway, a legal document isnt going to make the relationship any better or stronger or anything. it's just a way of showing other people that the relationship is real or whatever. and with the 50% divorce rate as you mentioned, maybe its a good thing that everyone isnt rushing out to get married. it saves a lot of time, problems, and heartache if you have to go through the divorce process.

I dont think its going out of style, but i also dont think that all couples with a kid should immediately get married. its up to them what they want in their relationship, and its not really anyone else's business. what is marriage anyway? a legal document saying that you will stay together forever? if you have that bond with someone anyway, a legal document isnt going to make the relationship any better or stronger or anything. it's just a way of showing other people that the relationship is real or whatever. and with the 50% divorce rate as you mentioned, maybe its a good thing that everyone isnt rushing out to get married. it saves a lot of time, problems, and heartache if you have to go through the divorce process.

Honey,you are so right!Too many people are getting married for all the wrong reasons.The attitude seems to be,oh,lets get married,if it doesn't work out,we can always get a divorce!They get married too young,have children,and don't stay together.The children pay the price and in my opinion,thats wrong.So many of these young fathers never have anything to do with their kids after they break up with mother.It's sad.Marriage is WORK! And COMMITMENT,and it takes MORE than love to make it work.It's not something to be rushed into-know the person you are marrying,and know that person WELL.You can only do that with time.

Marriage is a personal choice. Some people see it as nothing more then a peice of legal paper saying you're married. I see nothing wrong with a couple who's been together for a number years not getting married and havings kids. As long as they respect and love each other, why's it matter if they are married? Of course the downside is filing taxes, medical issues and what not. You'd have to have a very detailed will and medical papers to let everyone know who has the right to make any medical choices for you if you can't.

I don't think so. It's just changing.

Now days I think nobody is ready to compromise, everybody thinks themselves to be superior than the other and there the problem occurs whenever there is a problem between the spouses its need to be discussed and solved, but the people are not ready to think aboout it and get separated

oh yes its totally meaningless. look at the divorce statistics. why waste the time effort and money. just stay together.

no matter what marriage as an institution will always prevail.it is a necessity to have a better soceity.and to continue the institution called family.children need to have their parents identity and their love and advice in their growing period.so marriage at a point of everybodys life is very important.

I don't think marriages are going out of style. Houses and weddings are so expensive these days, that a lot of young coulples would prefer to live together while they are saving. A lot of them will probably get married as soon as they are ready to start a family.

the wedding is crossing a period of crisis because the society and the habits are changing and also the traditional concept of composed family from a man and a woman is in order to be destroyed from the advent of gay couples.

Well I will say that if all goes as planned, I will not be having any children until I am married. I do think that high divorce rates contribute to couples not getting married. People don't want to go through that.

Its really hard to go along with your discussion because where as I think there is no such concept of marriage getting of style in our country. Marriage is a religious thing and every one do. Some do in earlier part of their life and some do in later. Few of them also dont do but there ratio is very very small in pakistan.

I think if two people want to have children they should get married and live togehter at least untill their children grow up. A child will be unhappy if his parents divorced. Also it is a responsiblity of parents to bring up their children and give a happy life to them. If the couples are not sure if they will live toghter in the future, then don't have a child.

I've quit trying to make sense of this world... society's flipped its lid, has flipped upside down and is all topsy turvey, and it ain't gettin' no better anytime soon!

i personally feel marriage is an institution here to stay. You simply can,t deny this. THis is a way to say that you love and comit ot stay with each other for life.

A lot of couples prefer to live together lately, to test the waters so to say. I agree with your statement of a lot of single parents. I believe marriage could be on the way back to being fashionable, but still not everyone will do it.

Yes, I find it interesting as well. Many people just don't want to be bothered. You know what I call it, SELFISHNESS! People are to selfish to stick together, many are too selfish to want to be a part of the kids life that they helped to create. Its just sad, more emphasis is placed on the packaging of a product nowadays and to say the least, nobody cares too much on what's in the inside. They care more about themselves than being effective persons (and truly ethical, please visit my discussion on this).

Everyone wants to be like the celebs. It's pretty sad if you ask me.

It seems the legal sanction of marriage is going out of style. As long as there are women and men there will be marriage... according to the definition anyway!