There Is No Way a Booty Can Call You - The Long Lost Art of Marriage

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3. How is marriage a foundation of a civilized society?

I hear that all the time, but to me, they're just words that people say, and everyone just agrees on because it sounds good. Not that I'm dissing marriage - if you want to get married, get married. If you don't, don't. There are a number of reasons marriages are decreasing - both males and females are able to support themselves so the average age of people getting married for the first time has increased; a person's definition of being successful may not include marriage which I'm sure causes conniptions in people bemoaning the long lost art of marriage. Growing number of people who have decided that religion or government doesn't get to define their relationship. And yes, people who just want to "party" all the time (and have different levels of success at it). I'm a never married 41-year-old male, and I don't consider myself unsuccessful in life because I've never married. I never dated much in high school (small town, and I was a nerd), and when I got out of college, I decided I did not want to have children, and that automatically reduces your dating pool so as the years went by, I got used to my singleness as my natural state. That's my life, but I don't see it as contributing to society becoming less civilized.

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