Marriage is not as popular as it was.?

Question

Why do you think there is a decline marriage.

Answer 1

cause adivorce is very messy.

splitting up is bad enough without trying to sort a divorce out on top of that

Answer 2

Because there is no longer a need to be married in order to be socially acceptable to others.

Answer 3

Tell me about it...Our society is based on instant satisfaction...fast internet...cell phones...you can download music and movies at anytime....information and other people are much easier to access than ever before. People don't want to wait around anymore...they don't want to stick it out. If things are getting hard they move on to the next relationship...until that one gets hard...ect. Look at us we are writing questions at 4 in the morning and there are people answering us with in seconds. We expect instant gratification.

Answer 4

Because the generations that grew up in a "broken" home are now adults and they saw what this did to their parents.  Why would they want to go through that?  There is a lot of hesitation and waiting because of growing up in that situation.

Answer 5

Because it screws over every man that enters in to the marriage contract.

Answer 6

Disposable society is promoted, not a society based on morals and values. People are becoming more and more selfish, fickle and value-less.

Answer 7

the fear of it not being like the fairytale told..."happily ever after" ...that's what scares me about remarrying even though i know i miss steady companionship...that fairytale was just that...for me anyway..

Answer 8

marriage is nothing but a piece of paper or some out-dated religious requirement...

how can marriage make a relationship any better???

marriage traps people together...

it is an expensive ceremony in a day and age when the money can be used in a better way...

and besides, people don't always want to stay together... so you pay for the ceremony and then pay the lawyers to end it...

Answer 9

***** is just too easy to get. Guys don't want to commit.

Answer 10

Because:

1.It is now socially acceptable to co-habit..now a very permissive society...

2.People have moved away from Christian values and now interpret them to suit their own needs rather than the way they way intended...

3.Its been viewed and pushed as a negative thing by the papers, divorce courts etc...there is a section/group of  agenda to ensure marriage rates go down...unfortuantely!

4.Co-habiting couples are being given same rights as married couples...so many pple don't see the need..

5.People don't mind having kids outside of marriage..yrs ago single mothers were locked up in secure hospitals and seen to have a mental illness if you had a child outside marriage...

6.Expenses of marriage and divorce can be scary....you work hard build things and can be taken to the cleaners..that doesn't help the image of marriage..

7.Some pple have committment issues so its a way out..

Answer 11

Simple. Alimony and child support. Oh, and half your s**+*t !!!!!!!

Answer 12

Partly we've all seen so many difficult marriages where one or both partners are unhappy in the relationship; there's either been increasing abuse within marriage (and relationships) or just more talk about it .. so people don't want to be stuck with someone if things turn nasty etc; many have suffered the distress of others failed marriages, having to decide between parents etc and it can be hard to find a good, happy marriage around these days. I see arguments everywhere, people who've been married multiple times, people going through the tough time of divorce with allegations flying back and forth etc.

So I don't know about you, but that makes me a whole lot more cautious and almost scared about marriage. If I marry at all, I want it to be for life.. so that makes it daunting to know if I've found the right person who will stick by me till the end, and who will work with me to make things work out great for both.

Not only has the government taken away incentives for marriage, and actually made married couples worse off that co-inhabitors, but actually in honesty marriage hasn't had a great advert in recent years. As the country has moved away from Christian values, there has been a decline in a lot of good things, including marriages.

Draw your own conclusions...

Answer 13

What is marriage? As per wikipedia:  Marriage is an institution in which interpersonal relationships (usually intimate and sexual) are acknowledged by the state or by religious authority. It is often viewed as a contract. Civil marriage is the legal concept of marriage as a governmental institution, in accordance with marriage laws of the jurisdiction. If recognised by the state, by the religion(s) to which the parties belong or by society in general, the act of marriage changes the personal and social status of the individuals who enter into it.

Nowhere there it talks about love.  Marriage is a contract.  In a contract there is no need to be love.  So I think that people are nowadays more conscious about the fact that they need to be in love before they enter the contract.  So sometimes they ask themselves if it is worth entering the contract?  In my view, I don't need a piece of paper to say that I love my partner.  I love him, he loves me, and that is it.  Spending that amount of money for the "big day" is a mistake.  It could well go towards the deposit for a mortgage, furniture that is needed, etc etc.

So in my point of view, I don't need that piece of paper!!!

Good luck!

Answer 14

i think as others have mentioned,that on seeing parents divorce,this generation simply don't see why,i don't blame them.I'd happily marry a lovely woman who would swear her vows in court and get divorced in church,lol

Answer 15

This government has made it clear that it doesn't promote marriage....it's taken away the married man's allowance and given that to families with children (whether married or not).It ignores reliable findings that children brought up in a stable family of married parents fare much better than children in one-parent families or even co-habiting couples. No wonder this country is in decline.

Answer 16

Firstly the British government stopped the 25% council tax reduction for married couples. Then there are new laws in place that allow women so much more rights to their husbands wealth despite how much the women have contributed financially towards the house, car etc! Which will scare many men out of getting married, despite how they feel about their loved one, after all, nothing is set permanently in stone. Then of course there is the cost of getting married. Gone are the days when a couple could hold their head up high in pride at going to a registry office, bride wearing mothers wedding dress & groom in just a smart suit. Then afterwards down to the local Coach & Horses for a few sandwiches & a pork pie. These days a decent wedding starts from a minimum of 8k! People are so worried about what other people will think of them that they are prepared to spend a long time in debt paying off their big day. It also seems that Mother-in-laws do not help either, they are more concerned about what other people may think than in some cases the bride is, trying to make up for their own low budget wedding I expect! My partner & I were looking at getting married about 4 years ago, by the time our mothers had finished adding in their 2 pennies worth & trying to out do each other, our 8k budget had risen to over 14k! My partner & I sat down, decided that we were more committed to each other than any piece of paper could proclaim us, & that the fact that we are not married & could if we wanted to walk away at any given bad point, yet choose to be together, means more than staying together because we have to through the marriage & for fear of what will happen through the divorce etc! So we annoyed our mothers by spending the money on a hot tub & a great family holiday to the Dominican republic. How fab? We have hit a rough patch in our relationship now, & despite not being married, we are working it out because we love each other, not through fear of going through a messy divorce!

Answer 17

  

Tell about it I,ve been married for 51 yrs (do I need help )

Answer 18

because today we have so many things in life that we want to do career wise and financily alot of ppl want to explore the world more cause we have more choices open to us there are so many failed marriges today cause we want different things in life and  the world is alot more expensive and hard plus women want careers and a life its all about balanceing ur life  

Answer 19

People get scared, because life would be h**l if you marry the wrong person.  In another hand, life is so much easier and more beautiful if you marry the right person.  the bottom line is if you willing to take the chance, and more and more people say, no, thanks.

Answer 20

Very interesting question, I was talking about this the other day to my friends. Marriage seems now to be associated with being trapped and unhappiness in the media, and people generally.  

I am a young man and i feel a requirement to accumulate some financial stability to attract and keep a good woman.  Marriage is so expensive I don't see myself paying out for such a thing. I also don't like idea of being screwed out of money if divorce were to occur, as the media would have me believe.  

I don't think the government is to blame by making divorce easier.  That was simply to react to demand, people used to be trapped in terrible marriages.

I think like some of you said, modern day life involves a good career, more world travel, establishing yourself, enjoying things and marriage does not necessarily fulfill these aspects of life now.

I for one feel like I may not settle down until 35-40, when companionship will be more important, and the money and house are all in place.

Despite all these points I maintain, being in a happily married couple is the best situation to raise a child, I don't think many people dispute that.