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No, xy, you tried to manipulate my words by saying since some people in Africa weren't hungry the fact a certain percentage were "wasn't bad". Which I never said.
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No, but anyone could see it that way if they chose to. That was my point. The fact that you say many people are happily marriage doesn't rebuff the divorce rate any more than some people eating in the poorest continent rebuff the hunger rate. That was my point.
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You have approached to topic of marriage in a very black and white,
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I don't agree.
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As I stated earlier, the sheer number of successful marriages that don't end in divorce is a testament to the fact that marriages do work, and has been a successful institution for thousands of years.
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Here we go again. You're doing the same thing as above. Thousands of years is irrelevant. We're talking about now. The divorce rate has never been this high. So since the odds aren't great, there's no reason for a man to risk it when the system favors women in this area. That is the core of my argument, nothing more. No b&w, just mere probability.
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In fact, if you wait until the age of 30 to get married, only about 10% of marriages end in divorce.
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Where did you get this from? Regardless, even considering various sources, the divorce rate
as a whole for first marriages is 41-50%. Even assuming your stat is correct, that's still 1 bullet in the 10 chambers.
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Yes, a marriage is a legal status, but it is also a religious and spiritual contract. It is society's way for two people to show complete dedication to each other. It is society's way of declaring to the world that you and your mate are "off the market". By doing so you are creating a family that is built to last. Those who are married, rather than just living together, are seen by society, and their families, differently.
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That's an opinion. It could just as well be seen as what it tangibly is: a legal contract. The ceremony can be had. That is no problem. And I think people will figure out you're off the market when you're living and having children with someone in a home. With that I could just as well say the contract is a superfluous and outdated at best. But this from us both are just opinions, certainly.