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BTW, what if women "went on strike" and decided: NO sex until after the wedding. Then what? I think this marriage strike by men would end pronto....

Now that I'm way out of my 20's, I say that's not necessarily a bad idea!

Has anyone considered that maybe, just maybe, these young men witnessed bad marriages and bad divorces themselves? Maybe, just maybe, they grew up in homes with fathers who threw their mothers away for younger models or mothers who threw the whole family away for personal freedom.

These past two generations of adults were raised on divorce. I'd like to know the divorce statistics for men and women who are afraid to get married. If you've never had a stable, happy family to model your own marriage after, how are you supposed to succeed? The art of marriage and family has been lost on two generations of Americans.

As a matter of fact, lots of people on this thread have very personal first-hand accounts of their own divorces. I'd be curious to know what your expectations of marriage and family were based on your childhood experiences.

The most successful marriages I know are of people who came from solid, happy, families... and not coincidentally, people with a strong faith in God. People live what is modeled to them in childhood (with some exceptions of course.)