(06-19-2017, 08:13 AM)New Guy Wrote: Hello Hell,
You made several claims and I will rebut a few:
Quote:That doesn't mean what we as a society were doing before was working. More divorces today just tells me that they were plenty of unhappy marriages but they felt forced to stay together.The increased divorce rate could reflect a lack of commitment. If a couple takes marriage vows till death they do part, then divorce is similar legally to death. IMO, being unhappy is a pathetic excuse to divorce. "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. - Abraham Lincoln"
Then how about we replace unhappy with unhealthy? I find people easily assume people have a healthy marriage from the distance when the reality can be that there's very little about it that's healthy. I'd rather see them can get a divorce and improve themselves separately than be miserable together. I wouldn't think think any less of them for doing so.
My parents have been married for 35 years so I definitely see the merits in it. I just don't think marriage is the be all/end all and is the only type of commitment worth having. I think couples who are faithful and support each other while they're together, marriage or not, shows their commitment.
In Nick and Juliette's case, things went off the rails once Juliette became a Hexenbiest. Things would've played out largely the same had they been married at the time. That ring wouldn't have saved their relationship. Juliette disappearing might've been a bigger deal but that should've been the case anyway.