This may be just me. After all, I am young in my years. But from what I have observed especially in the culture here in the United States is that the marriage ceremony has become an expectation like a passage right in other cultures. It seems to me that single people are almost treated negatively. I've seen people get depressed because they have family members who keep pushing them for marriage just to get them out of the house. I've also seen people get married to the wrong person as a result of being rushed into marriage. What happened to the parents' dreams of just letting their child be happy in their life despite marriage or not?
I am not saying marriage is wrong in any means. I believe marriage is a great ceremony to celebrate. My parents' anniversary is this Monday and they are celebrating 26 years together. But compared to their single friends, it seems to me they get more privileges than the single people. It seems to me that people nowadays are forced into marriage because of financial hardships; but sometimes, there are people who just want to focus their lives on their career and they don't want the aspect of a spouse or children getting in the way and their families where they come from have shunned them for it.
Yes, I understand that if you want to have children with your future spouse, you must be married due to the imperative commands found in the Bible. I am speaking of marriage in terms of rather or not we are forcing the idea of it on our culture or rather we should leave it as a person choice. What are your opinions? How is marriage treated in your culture? Is it viewed as a cultural mandate or is it left as a personal choice?
I am not saying marriage is wrong in any means. I believe marriage is a great ceremony to celebrate. My parents' anniversary is this Monday and they are celebrating 26 years together. But compared to their single friends, it seems to me they get more privileges than the single people. It seems to me that people nowadays are forced into marriage because of financial hardships; but sometimes, there are people who just want to focus their lives on their career and they don't want the aspect of a spouse or children getting in the way and their families where they come from have shunned them for it.
Yes, I understand that if you want to have children with your future spouse, you must be married due to the imperative commands found in the Bible. I am speaking of marriage in terms of rather or not we are forcing the idea of it on our culture or rather we should leave it as a person choice. What are your opinions? How is marriage treated in your culture? Is it viewed as a cultural mandate or is it left as a personal choice?
