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The institution of marriage: Why the big failure? 9 Articles

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    by Vicki Tan

    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 toget...read more

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    by David Swyer

    Marriage, what a dynamic and combustible subject. Marriage can be a blessing or a bust, depending on how each person involved treats it. Matrimony is of extreme importance to a happy existence. If you can ach...read more

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    by Ladymermaid

    It is two people guarding each other against the emotional pitfalls of a sometimes topsy turvey world. Debating with each other over the little details of life, comforting each other when it is needed, and clinging to each...read more

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    by Joan Inong

    In this day and age, marriage is taken too lightly. With divorce treated as a "lifesaver," many people are just not putting enough thought into the choice of their significant other. Why is this so? Why are people not payi...read more

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    by Charles Johnson

    When we get married,we tell everyone in the place where the marriage was,"it is until death we are married".Just as we think every thing is alright in our perfect marriage,our whole world falls apart.The first think we ...read more

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    by Lauren Turrell

    My knowledge derives from failure of not one, but two marriages, therefore my views and my experience may differ from those who are merely onlookers. I absolutely accept part of the responsibility for the breakdown of the...read more

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    by Elaine Sihera

    Could it be BOREDOM with Partners? The demographic nail in the coffin of marriage stems from the state of society itself. The majority population is ageing rapidly and, within the next few years, the average life expe...read more

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    by Darin Kennedy

    In many cultures, it has long since been believed that the natural order of family and relationships revolved around marriage, the monogamous union between two individuals until death. Yet, in many areas of the world (more...read more

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    by Brooke Brassell

    Marriages do not fail because the limitations that come with marital vows are too great. They fail because we live in a society that does not value self control and the total giving of oneself to another. Of course, the ve...read more

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