Marriage essay = Badly written essay

“Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?”
-Groucho Marx

Marriage is one of the oldest institutions known to man. If you believe in the Judeo-Christian bible, you can reference the fact that God sanctioned marriage after he created man and woman. For hundreds of years, the couple’s parents picked marriage partners for their children. So why is something that is such and immensely popular fact of life shown in such a negative light?

In the media, via the mouths of men, and from the occasional woman marriage is not lifted to be all that it is cracked up to be. Most young men cringe at the mere utterance of the word "marriage". You can hear some proclaim it at the top of their lungs. Musicians write songs about never getting married. Poets write long sonnets announcing their disgust with this beloved institution. So why do men keep following the traditions set forth by their ancestors?

In America, some of the blame can be placed on society. The forced opinion of marriage being the next inevitable step after dating is putting thoughts into the minds of young men and women everywhere. But more than the fact that society does seem to lean towards this institution, women seem to be even more motivated to get married. So is it because women will love to show off the diamond ring that their future husband will buy for them? Do women force-feed the picture-perfect wedding into their minds so much as they are watching Cinderella for the 9800th time as a child that they honestly lose the confides of what reality actually is? What exact part does this influence play in the mind making experience of finding ones mate?

As these women grow older and that lucky man that they meet comes to think that his life will just be better if he marries this woman that he thinks he loves. Even though this man doesn't truly know what love is, he buys a ring. With this ring he embarrassingly goes to her parents and mumbles through a spiel about how much he loves their daughter. The majority of the time, the parents agree to this union. The man pays bill after bill to fulfill his future wife’s fantasy. Hopefully this comes to fruition so his life can be happy.

But what happens when it doesn't? What happens when the storybook ending isn't working quite the way they wanted it? Well as stated earlier the divorce rate is at 50%. Marriage clinics are popping up all across America, in churches, and within communities. So why even risk it if there is even a possibility of ending up in that marriage that you always here about on TV?