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If marriage has become optional, let’s try to understand why
Many younger people are avoiding marriage and putting off having children. It is important to acknowledge what they are thinking.
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Society has traditionally placed marriage, and then having children, as central to one’s life.
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Terence Heng
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There is a game that my wife and I like to play. We ask each other: “Would you remarry after I die, and who?” Husbands, please note: The correct answer is always “I would never remarry”, and you should certainly not follow up that statement with “because once is enough”.
I have very much enjoyed being married – 2024 will be our 15th wedding anniversary, but it appears that marriage is becoming more of an option than a necessity in people’s lives.
