Will you be wed?

Has it become the new genre for today’s society that “parents” no longer marry? Are you asking why? I sure am. If you are interested in the statistics check out this website: www.telegraph.co.uk/family/4316947/Married-couples-set-to-be-minority-as-more-choose-to-live-out-of-wedlock.html

It is written that less than 50% of women ages 18-49 are married compared to about 75% in 1979! Wow, what a difference. I am not only wondering why folks are deciding to not marry. Definitley also wondering about the children and the impact it will have on them in the future. I was raised in a Christian home and even with a divorce and remarriage I knew what was right and what my parents believed in. Which is marriage than the children. When I was talking with my friend who I haven’t spoke to in at least a year she has accomplished a lot! She is finishing up college, married about 5 months ago to a guy she had been dating for a couple years. With no children yet! I know she loves kids, so I had to ask her when the babies were due! We even talked about what happened to a couple getting married? It seems so much less common in today’s society. She made a very good point, what about the children, and their perspective on life. I feel the same. Of course if a couple who never gets married they have less obligations to each other, but with love wouldn’t you want to fulfill a promise to one another. While at the same time teaching your children your beliefs and the way of the world? I almost feel old-fashioned married at the age of 26 with 2 children! I’m not saying young folks should run out and get married. I am saying why not get married if you plan to have children and are going to spend the rest of your life with a significant other.
Not to mention that it provides security to the children and family.