In your opinion, is marriage a function of the pre-21st century world? Is it dead like chivalry? Or do you think that it is still practical in the modern world?

Excellent question!!! Ah, allow me to bask in the awesomeness of receiving one of my first legitimate questions.

Now for my answer: Human beings are creatures that are incredibly capable of adapting. I think as society changes and evolves, so do our common practices. Chivalry for example, is not so much extinct as it has altered to fit our current lifestyles.

Marriage is similar. Once upon a time people needed the institution of marriage to strengthen family bonds and secure futures. Now, the same type of marriage that was necessary back then, is not working in today's society. Marriage has become such a big deal that it is essentially a life goal for everyone in this society. I believe that instead of being something that we all feel we NEED and must achieve to have status and security, we need to use marriage for what it is intended: to celebrate the unconditional love between two partners. So rarely do two people marry who are truly life partners that I think we need to do away with this ridiculous yearning to get married and just live our lives based on what we really think will make us happy, not what society demands us to think will make us happy. If that makes any sense at all.

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