What the hell is that, a guarantee of a divorce?Most of us married folk are never getting a divorce. A minority get them often and that makes the stats look bad.
The benefits:
Doing God's Will, nurturing the next generation - the future, having a friend for life, preservation of capital (divorce is devilishy expensive), preservation of culture, and never being alone.
Thank you.
The secret is "commitment". You have to know that there will be ups and downs, and that being committed to the marriage means you go through the downs because you know it will swing back up in time. I was checking out at a store one day and the checker was talking to someone about how she had divorced her husband and it was great and how she would never marry again. It was depressing. Anyway, they wondered how long I had been married and I told them 27 years. To this the checker responded; "oh, you got lucky".
I tried to explain that it is more than luck, you have to work at it, and WANT to work at it. I have thought of this incident several times since it happened and have realized that I was seriously insulted by her comment. But, this seems to be what younger people think --- it's just luck.