Will this be the way of the world?

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 2:23 am

Do you ever think, now that divorce is so frequent amongst couples as a whole, that it will be commonplace for people to marry, have children, divorce, and then remarry to make more kids? Human beings live a lot longer than we used to in the old days, and I wonder if monogamy is no longer a necessary or attractive option for people.

Idk, just a random thought. My answer? I hope not.

Adbot · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 2:23 am

Brad · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 4:47 am

I think it depends on the type of person really. I think some people can find somebody and be happy and just be content with that. But I think some people will always be searching for more and wanting to make things different.

Kylescorpion · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 8:55 am

Not everyone is like that wanting to be with just about everyone, it seems like a common occurance now adays, but it's not as bad as it seems. Sure the rate has increased over the years, but the way of the world.. nah we lasted this long so far I can't see a turn of a events now.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 9:14 am

People are stupid, leap into marriage like it's nothing and then divorce just as quickly. The actual thing, marriage that is means jack **** these days.

Veggie Eater · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 9:35 am

I think that it is already common for people to marry, have kids, divorce, and then remarry to have other kids.

When people divorce, remarry, and have other kids I don't find it odd at all. I find it normal, so I believe we are already at that stage.

Sure, not everyone is going to do that, but many people do.

Give it another 25-50 years and it'll be even more common.

Wham94 · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 9:38 am

I think it is already common for this to happen as said before me.

Some of my mates have several brothers/sisters and have lots of different parents. It's weird but to them it's normal.

Adbot · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 9:38 am

Total Plox · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 10:20 am

Like some other people said, we're just about almost there, people are already beginning to do that.

A more severe case would be skipping the marriage part altogether. Think we'll ever get there?

Bogrollbloke · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 4:18 pm

I have no idea, but over the past 4 month, I know of 4 couples near me who have been married for 10+ years who have split up.

I don't see the point of marriage in the first place, all it seems to be is insurance for the woman, of course no offence intended. I would be more than happy spending my life with someone and not even thinking about marriage, if two people love each other, why is a ring and an occasion necessary?

power crazy · **Posted:** December 21st, 2008, 4:40 pm

I don't think that divorce will get anymore common than it already is. People would never divorce someone just becuase they don't want to have anymore kids. Lots of people get divorces OVEr the kids so I don't think we will have much of a problem there.

Ryan · **Posted:** December 22nd, 2008, 5:53 am

Bogrollbloke wrote:

I have no idea, but over the past 4 month, I know of 4 couples near me who have been married for 10+ years who have split up.

I don't see the point of marriage in the first place, all it seems to be is insurance for the woman, of course no offence intended. I would be more than happy spending my life with someone and not even thinking about marriage, if two people love each other, why is a ring and an occasion necessary?

I guess it depends on the type of people.

My parents split up last March. Couples are now taking the idea of divorce for granted, completely forgetting the commitment made when getting married. Its sickening to think people would go back on a promise that big.

EMS9889 · **Posted:** December 22nd, 2008, 9:02 am

Like Brad said, it depends on the person. My parents got divorced and it sucked. Does that mean everyone else is going to get divorced? It just depends on the person.

PhoenixEmpire · **Posted:** December 22nd, 2008, 9:10 am

I think it's a multitude of things that causes it, not the idea of it being a "norm".

Our society is used to getting what it wants, when it wants it. Thus, in a marriage people think that if a hard arguments comes up, they just abandon ship. Now, not all people do, but i'm saying that it's definitely a main factor.
Another thing is that people who get married often misunderstand what love it. I think that love is to tricky to know if you have it or not, and people are just striking out more often because they have their hopes set to high. Hollywood has made romance and love a mixture of great *** and completely unrealistic scenarios involving sunset beaches and huge diamond rings. People expect the romance, and settle for lust. It's sad, but true.

Kevin · **Posted:** December 22nd, 2008, 11:29 am

Veggie Eater wrote:

I think that it is already common for people to marry, have kids, divorce, and then remarry to have other kids.

O_O that's what my mom did..

Shreder · **Posted:** December 22nd, 2008, 4:32 pm

It really depends on what kinda person you are and what area you live in.
my mom and dad are lebanese (its middle eastern, not ********)
they have been together for 15 years. they had me after marriage.

in some areas they get pregnant at 13.

but yes the world now is really falling apart.

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

I would assume it would be largely dependent on the relationships you witnessed as you grew up. Depending on what you saw, or what you saw that worked, you would have a different idea as to what the norm of society would be. Both sets of Grandparents and Great-Grandparents (who are now deceased) as well as my Parents thus far have been together their entire marriage. But remembering what friends have said in the past, this isn't exactly the norm across the board.

I remember one of my friends in high school said she would never get married, not exactly saying she would be the type to sleep around, but just have the freedom to not be restrained to one person the rest of her life. Haven't really talked about it with most of my guy friends, guess it doesn't really come up much. Some of them have said they are planning to get married at some point or another, but I'm not sure on their stance of multiple relationships further down the line.

Not really sure where I stand. I don't plan to have more than one wife, but I guess that's one of the mysteries of marriage. I suppose if the relationship doesn't work out, it would be best to move on. And depending on age, children would be one of the issues too, at least for the new marriage.