it started over memorial day weekend--a lot of announcements of engagements and pictures of weddings appeared in the facebook stream. then it was in my mailbox, in the form of a newsweek article arguing against marriage. open my mailbox a few weeks later and there it is again. only this time an article my mom clipped from the Kansas City Star called "marriage matters". and finally today, random internet surfing led me to this Salon article. in a more pretentious and academic way it echoes the newsweek article, saying that marriage is a now outdated institution. it goes further, however, by saying that humans simply weren't meant to be monogamous.
i think it's one of those many things in life, where it's a different answer for every person. if your the devout, religious sort you'll want to get married just like the very insecure and needy person who's doing it for a hope at life security. or you might opt out because wild sex and orgies doesn't mesh with in sickness and in health, 'til death do us part, or you might feel like justifying your relationship before the state and someone else's god isn't your cup of tea.
strange that such different reasons can still lead to the same action. the choice to marry or not to marry is only one part of it, though. i have no idea where i stand on the issue, and thankfully, the question is a long way off, but i do know one thing: most people never go beyond choosing whether to marry or not. and all too often they choose to marry but really have no idea why.
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