In our wedding vows most of us promise to “love honor and cherish” each other, “TIL DEATH DO US PART.” But what we see in society, is that in many of the ceremonies, perhaps the wording should be, “Till death do us part, or until we’re unhappy, and then it’s till divorce do we part.” (Please watch the video: What Wedding Vows Would Be If People Were Honest.)
On this issue, Julie Baumgardner (Executive Director of First Things First, an organization dedicated to help strengthen marriages) wrote some things to consider in an article titled, Baumgardner: Till Death Do Us Part, (featured in The Chattanooga Times). How do we fight against the tide of rising divorces? She explains:
Marriage experts have found that couples that make their marriage work make a decision up front that divorce is not an option. Although many couples who end up divorcing have challenges, the reality is, their marriage probably could have been saved and in the long run been a happy one.
Their fatal error in the relationship was making the mistake of leaving their options open. If the going gets too tough, in their mind, divorce is always a way out. It might surprise you to know that research shows that divorce does not make people happier. Does divorce make people happy? Findings from a Study of Unhappy Marriages conducted by the Institute for American Values found that: [Read more →]
