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Marriage is the emotional, physical, spiritual and legal union of a man and a woman as husband and wife. It involves a lifetime commitment whereby the spouses love each other unconditionally; go through happy moments together as well as stand by each other during adversity; and may have children. Marriage is suppose to be a wonderful thing when you choose to spend the rest of your life with that one special person you love. It is a fact that everybody who gets married wants their marriages to last. Even divorced people would say that they had wanted their marriages to have lasted.

However, with the high divorce rate, some people have lost faith in marriage. Some people blame the Institution of Marriage for causing so many marriage failures. Has the Institution of Marriage really failed? Or is it the fault of human beings for being promiscuous; for cohabiting; for walking out too easily; for not choosing their spouses wisely; for marrying for the wrong reasons; for not knowing what love really is; and so on?

With people being promiscuous, they find it very difficult to commit to a relationship because they have given themselves away too easily. Instead of saving themselves for that one special person, they chose to give in to temptation because of raging hormones. It is best to be chaste and monogamous to be in a fulfilling committed relationship. According to Sociology statistics, people who have the best sex lives are the ones who abstained until marriage, not the ones who slept around.

While people believe that you should cohabit prior to marriage to test out the relationship, many a time, such relationships lead to dire consequences. According to Sociology statistics, cohabiting relationships are more fragile; are less likely to lead to marriage; and have a higher risk of divorce. Marriage is about learning to live with each other and be considerate to each other, whereas cohabiting makes a couple take each other for granted.

Nowadays, it is easier to get a divorce. Whenever there is a problem, some people choose to walk out instead of dealing with it.

Some people are afraid of being 'left on the shelf', so they lower their standards, and they end up settling for less. Consequently, they feel miserable because they have settled for someone who was not suitable for them. It is true that if your standards are too high, you would not find anyone. However, your standards should not be too low either. It is all about balance. It is best to find someone who has good

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