I think that any couple that is seriously considering getting married should first sit through divorce court. I don't mean that corny cheesy divorce court you see on TV. I mean the divorce proceedings that are done in the family services court. The proceedings that decide the division of assets, the custody of children and the dissolution of marriage. It is the death of family that takes place there. I think that the seriousness of marriage, and the weight that goes into the commitment will be realized in such a place. It's a cold, matter of fact proceeding that boils down to little more than paperwork and a judge finalizing the details of the divorce. It's like attending a funeral for the marriage of families. It's a tragedy that's what it is!
I've never taken marriage lightly but it definitely made me wonder how people can go from being so in love to two people coldly sitting across from one another with their lawyers smoothing out the details to the end of their relationship. It's insanity!
That's just my thoughts on the topic. I want to get married, don't get me wrong, that is a strong desire of my heart. It's always been there and it always will be. But when I make that commitment, I want it to be for life. Divorce should not be an option. It should be through the good times and the bad-no matter how hard it gets! I am willing to commit to forever and so should whoever it will be. That is how marriage is designed to be. Unfortunately, the system is beyond broken and the children who are lost in the proceedings is the true tragedy in all of this!
It should be simple and people complicate it! Life is not meant to have all this pain and suffering but we sure know how to make it more about the suffering than the joy and happiness...
We have an entire generation of broken people because marriage and family is taken so lightly.
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