Who is more likely to marry? Educated and Religious people. In my opinion, if educated people are more likely to marry than other people, then doesn't it suggest that marriage is a good idea? If only people could realize this. Sadly some people are afraid of what getting married will entail (such as how will I provide? What if I ask and I'm rejected?). Also some people view cohabitation as an alternative or as something that will lead to marriage but doesn't up doing so. Another problem is the marriage squeeze (although there are a lot of guys and girls in the world, doesn't mean that you would want to marry them all. Not to mention age differences and other factors).
Something else that is interesting is that marriage satisfaction seems to decline a bit as each child is born and slowly raise as each kids leaves, until it levels off when all kids are gone. Some of the causes of this are: increased decision making, lack of sleep and physical demands, not feeling appreciated/loved, being thrown off-balance, and new learning and adjusting. However, we should remember that having stresses doesn't automatically pull people apart. It may be the natural thing, but we aren't trying to follow what is natural. We don't have to let our marriage satisfaction drop so much. We can still keep the love alive in our marriage if we put forth the effort and time.
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