diogenes: I once heard a relationship expert say that living with someone without being married could be detrimental tot he relationship for this reason...
When a couple is not married there is no sense of permanence, either party is free to leave at any time. If the couple lives together for a while, and then gets married, then they tend to carry that feeling of impermanence with them into their marriage.
Personally, I feel like courts should make a divorce more difficult to obtain, and sort of force couples to take a look at themselves and how to work on staying together. Broken familes make broken children, and broken children grow up to make broken families.
You obviously haven't been married? make it harder to get divorced???? what a joke! anyone who has ever gotten divorced like myself would have only done so after alot of thought and for very good reasons!!
I personally do feel marriage is a stronger committment than just living together especially if there are children involved!
But having said that i would not be in any hurry to get married again, but never say never i would say... If it's important then get married at the end of the day you can always get out of it!!
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