`I Do. Not.:Why I Wont Marry`

Anyone who says that life is easy and fun has clearly not been living it long enough to realize that there are too many challenging and life-changing experiences that keep life as action packed as any good action movie or as emotional heart wrenching as a good tragedy story in fact , the marital bliss that is reflected in on-screen romances clearly comes from the perspective of some young idealist who has no idea just what it takes to keep a marriage going a napve perspective that fails to see that true happiness may

actually exist outside of a marriage . Catherine Newman 's position in her essay entitled , I do . Not is not a pessimistic narration of a sad and tragic life but the introduction to a great life coming not from a woman liberalist but a once happily married woman who is now in a very healthy relationship

It is easy to see just where the author is coming from given the recent data on marriage in today 's society . In fact , in response to this , even the church has mandated marriage counseling to preserve this social institution called marriage . Given that divorce rates all over the world have risen , there is a growing pressure from the more traditional and conservative sectors of society to impose mandatory marriage counseling . The church has argued that by providing for mandatory marriage counseling the sanctity of marriage is preserved and in the long run the emotional development of not only newly weds but...