Could Getting Married Be a Thing of the Past?

Call me old fashioned, but I believe in marriage for life. I believe in loyalty to one person. I believe in the vows I made before God, in becoming legally married and in fighting for my marriage. 

My parents divorced when I was small and I know what it's like to grow up in a home without a dad. I know what it's like to be a kid and have to grow up really fast. I know the pain a heart feels when a home is broken and this is why I will fight to the death for my marriage. I don't ever want my son to have to experience what I did. Obviously, there are cases where divorce is called for (such as abuse), but walking away from my husband because I don't like that he snores or that we work opposite shifts and never see each other, isn't an option.

The big question on the lips of so many is this: "is serial monogamy the future of relationships?" If you believe relationship anthropologist Helen Fisher, Ph.D, it is.

According to Dr. Fisher, the new normal is for most people to have several serious relationships over the course of our lifetimes and not just one.

Divorce has become an epidemic in the world that we live in. Here's a sad stat for you: more than 40% of first marriages, 60% of second marriages, and 70% of third marriages now end in divorce.

90% of people say they believe in soul-mates and get married with the intention that it will last, but the truth is that 50% of those “I dos” now end in divorce.