Your top 3 tips for a happy marriage [I Marriage]
Just curious on what other people do in their marriage that works.
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@Fairydust Marriage is a system that is in dire need of a overhaul. Its too outdated for the 21st century.
Maybe more men and women would be saved from abusive marriages if we had a system whereby marriages expire and have to be renewed in order for the couple to remain married.
Maybe more men and women would be saved from abusive marriages if we had a system whereby marriages expire and have to be renewed in order for the couple to remain married.
JS1992 · 31-35, M
@HootyTheNightOwl how is it outdated?
@JS1992 We live for much longer than we once used to for a start off. At one time, if you married at 18, you were dead by 40.
These days, we'd need to be looking at getting married at 40 to have a marriage of similar length. The problem with that is that a woman loses her fertility at around 45 - so, who is going to hold out for that long to get married???
People are getting trapped in abusive marriages because they can't find a way out of their situation though abuse. If a marriage has to be renewed... let's say every 20 years, for example... both parties in the couple get to speak privately with the registrar to establish that they understand what a marriage involves and they have a chance to speak out about any abuse that they have lived with over the last twenty years. There's a greater chance of more lives being saved and turned around by getting support to escape abusive situations than we currently have.
These days, we'd need to be looking at getting married at 40 to have a marriage of similar length. The problem with that is that a woman loses her fertility at around 45 - so, who is going to hold out for that long to get married???
People are getting trapped in abusive marriages because they can't find a way out of their situation though abuse. If a marriage has to be renewed... let's say every 20 years, for example... both parties in the couple get to speak privately with the registrar to establish that they understand what a marriage involves and they have a chance to speak out about any abuse that they have lived with over the last twenty years. There's a greater chance of more lives being saved and turned around by getting support to escape abusive situations than we currently have.