This topic is full of contridiction in our society. On one hand people think that they should get married to have children and while there are certain tax benefits to this, there are also marriage penalties. Our “relationship experts” also go against this reasoning and say that you should be happy in a marriage and should not get married just for the sake of the children. Our society also says that we should get married to gain from another what we lack, but we are also socially taught to be strong self individuals. Religion says that you should get married as man and woman, but come death or judgement day and your soul is alone and is not judged based on the performance of your spouce. Where do you stand on all 3 aspects (financial, social, and religious) of this major contridiction and what does your stance say about our society?
I completely forgot love. Love is another major reason/contridiction in our society. For most relationships love fades, some stay together, but more then 50% in the US go their own way.