The responses were very thought provoking. Thank you all. We live in a corrupt and absurd world, thusly, marriages and families, the building blocks of society, often mirror our own human falleness and defeat. Personally, I doubt that I will ever marry and this does not sadden me. However, in as much as each person can, they should try to live up to the ideals they uttered in their vows, for better or for worse. Marriage and commitment are empty without struggle or suffering. I am not speaking from experience, but from a philosophic and theologic perspective. Sometimes things just fall apart, I realize that. Nevertheless, although the ideal is far from the factual realities, without the ideal there would be no hope.
