Marriage is no longer sacred.

[Hulyen]

Ehhhh...

If your living together, have been for years and years, love each other, and have no intention of ever parting then your married, with or without a ceremony.

You're stupidly complicating your taxes and insurance by refusing to go get a damn piece of paper, but you're married.

Heh, I agree with this. Also, a wedding reception is a GREAT excuse to get all of our friends and family to come visit us and party.

Also, there is HUGE societal pressure to get married. Whether or not that is good is a different debate, but it does get super annoying when people keep pestering you about it.

 

[Hat Man]

The problem isn't marriage. The problem is people aren't marrying the right people.

On the other hand I don't really agree with marriage. I'm not opposed to tying the knot so to say, but I just think that if you need a piece of paper to keep you two together I don't think that you're with the right person. Your word between you and your partner should be enough.

 

[Nieroshai]

So because a good chunk of society has no idea how to do marriage right, wwe might as well get rid of it for everyone? Nice logic. Shack up if you want to, get married if you want to, but abolishing the institution is pointless.

 

[Phisi]

I don't think marriage was ever sacred it's just that this sacred fantasy has been present for ages although in different forms. People used to get married for money or power back in Shakespearean time but you still have stories like Romeo and Juliet. And now people get divorced and have marriages that last ten weeks but we still get these fantasies of loving people for ever. It's kinda like you complaining how war is so evil these days while it was so much better before. Personally I have no problem with people being married for 2 days, it doesn't effect me in any way so why should I care?

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

I feel like the thread should be titled "Not Everyone Finds True Love."

True Love--->Marriage---->Death

^If that's the life you're looking for, then don't mess up the first step. Everyone gets married, the lucky ones found love.

 

[Strazdas]

Marriage is still sacred to majority. It is simply that being sacred means absolutely NOTHING for anyone with a head on his shoulder and therefore that is pointless. In my personal opinion marriage is not necessary and has far more negative sides than positives.

 

[razerdoh]

You read that right. Marriage is an outdated tradition in modern day society. Divorce is a somewhat common thing today, and that's a shame and all that jazz. Now, I'm just going to come out and say this: When you get married, you vow to each other to be with each other until death do you part. Not until somebody better comes along, not until you get bored of one another; until you die. I understand people change and personality's are like rolling stones, but it's a rolling stone you chained yourself to, forever. At this point you maybe calling me old school and I need to get with the times, but this is where the whole sanctity of marriage thing people keep yammering on about comes into play. Marriage is a tradition, a tradition some people don't seem to grasp the concept of. I'm not calling you a bad person if you're divorced or anything, I'm just saying marriage, at this point in society, is no longer needed. I'm going to stop here and keep explaining as the thread continues

let me guess... your parents just got divorced...

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Tell my co-worker who got engaged over the weekend. She certainly seems to think it means something, and so does the rest of the office.

Or ask my parents, who will be celebrating their 35 wedding anniversary at some point next year. My dad's planning to spend more money than I make in an entire year on the thing, because he still loves her so much.

Marriage means something if you want it to mean something.

 

[SpAc3man]

Sounds like you were close to a divorce and couldn't do anything about it no matter how pissed off you got. Unfortunately for your angry one sided rant, there is still a majority of people who see marriage as an important thing. Sure some people don't take it serious enough but that is their own loss. Divorce is a necessary thing to allow people to end a marriage if they are not happy. People get married because they want to fulfil the tradition of marriage with a person they love. People end their marriage because they realise they no longer feel the same about the person they once loved.

Then again maybe if you go rage harder at whoever is getting/got divorced they might feel better about the whole thing and start loving each other again.


Captcha: oh, lord

 

[theSteamSupported]

The problem I have is that people still thinks polygamy equals a creepy old fart owning several brainwashed women. Look at the Bonobo chimp, our closest living relative, and how they relate to sex, sexuality, social dogmas and hierarchies.

According to the Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo], sex is used for solving conflicts rather than defining social ranks. It also states that monogamies, patriarchies and intolerance towards gay sex is pretty much non-existant. Scientist speculates that this behaviour is thanks to an abundance of essential resources.

If that hypothesis is correct, why aren't we humans applying it? Is it because that throughout the history of our civilization, we haven't had the same fortune as our fellow Bonobos? That most of us have been living as poor, starving farmers?

We are in this post-industrialized world, no longer in need of permanent sexual bonds shaped for a distant past we really no longer live in. We can learn from the bonobos. I'm not ever getting married, for starters.

 

[TailstheHedgehog]

Hmm, I thought this thread would be about how it isn't sacred because of homos

Dude, seriously? Either I'm reading this wrong or... that is just wrong. I respect you may have opinions but please don't go saying a person's sexuality can tarnish something just by being associated with it.

 

[Vault101]

You read that right. Marriage is an outdated tradition in modern day society. Divorce is a somewhat common thing today, and that's a shame and all that jazz. Now, I'm just going to come out and say this: When you get married, you vow to each other to be with each other until death do you part. Not until somebody better comes along, not until you get bored of one another; until you die. I understand people change and personality's are like rolling stones, but it's a rolling stone you chained yourself to, forever. At this point you maybe calling me old school and I need to get with the times, but this is where the whole sanctity of marriage thing people keep yammering on about comes into play. Marriage is a tradition, a tradition some people don't seem to grasp the concept of. I'm not calling you a bad person if you're divorced or anything, I'm just saying marriage, at this point in society, is no longer needed. I'm going to stop here and keep explaining as the thread continues

a) you're fifteen

b) you listen to insane clown posse

c) you list your occupation as "Being the illest"

yup...calculator says it all adds up, you are definitely qualified to talk about life. what other lessons have you for us oh great guru? sex tips? how to hold on to a job? maybe something about how to win at yu-gi-oh cards? how do magnets work? I await your instruction

FUCK'N MAGNETS!!!!!!

the mystery of which has astounded me for many years..I too would like to know their mysterious workings

I do not..however, belive scientists hold the answers..they are a deceitful lot

 

[Vault101]

Hmm, I thought this thread would be about how it isn't sacred because of homos

Dude, seriously? Either I'm reading this wrong or... that is just wrong. I respect you may have opinions but please don't go saying a person's sexuality can tarnish something just by being associated with it.

he's not worth your time

I would only bother if somone at least didnt "look" like they were just a troll

 

[Neaco]

I don't give two shits about marriage because I'm not religious, I don't need a god I don't believe in two give the green light on my loving of a woman. In todays world we don't need marriages. Unless your religious

in legal terms, marriage is important (taxes, employment benefits, etc.) while its true marriage is associated with religion, its only because of of natural desire to form pair bonds for life.

 

[Phasmal]

Yeah, I mean I for one am appalled that my mother left my dad because he was abusive and violent. Doesn't she know marriage is special?

How 'bout go fuck yourself?

I couldn't have said it better myself.

As I said earlier, my parents are both better people for their divorce, but I shudder to think what would have happened had they not got divorced.

It's funny people call children of divorce children of a `broken home`, my home was never less broken as when the divorce came through.

 

[Olas]

I agree with OP's argument. I just wish it wasn't being made by a 15 year old with absolutely no experience with the subject.