When I was growing up I was taught that marriage is sacred and something that should be taken very seriously, today it seems like this is not the case. Many people get married and divorce very frequently and this leaves me to wonder why? Berger (2011) states that people are getting married later in life now more than every before. I personally don't see this trend happening, I feel like people my age are getting married too quickly. They start a relationship and then a year later then are getting married, to me this seems impossible. I wonder if this is what is contributing to the high divorce rate? Are people getting married too soon and thus then getting divorced because they did not receive the outcomes that they had hoped for? Divorce does not just effect one person, it effects an entire family. Families all have linked lives, the actions of one person directly effect the rest of the family. Divorce not only can potentially harm the children but it can also harm the divorcees as well. This is because the divorcee me feel like a failure as a spouse and that they could not adequately find the rite mate. This still brings me back to the question of do people marry too quickly? I feel like my generation is in such a rush to get to the next step or the next level that they are not slowing down to enjoy the stage of life that they are in now.
Reference:
Berger, K. S. (2011). The Developing Person Through the Life Span. New York: Worth Publishers.
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