tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949964747410221992.post3518776160184825025..comments2024-03-26T02:35:07.114-07:00Comments on A Slice of Mind: Why is Marriage on the Decline?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13876754891701386069noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949964747410221992.post-5513791859623122172015-07-18T01:17:40.098-07:002015-07-18T01:17:40.098-07:00Ha! :)Ha! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13876754891701386069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949964747410221992.post-66356260121544424252015-07-18T01:14:47.642-07:002015-07-18T01:14:47.642-07:00Completely coincidentally, I happened to be watchi...Completely coincidentally, I happened to be watching a British TV documentary today on the history of the bedroom (one of the "If Walls Could Talk" series) in which the presenter casually dropped in the nugget that the 1950's was "the era of marriage" as government and other social institutions promoted marriage very heavily. If that's the case, then I wouldn't be surprised if there was a slight statistical decline.<br /><br />It's certainly the case that in 18th and 19th-century Britain, and probably the US and much of Europe, marriage was not an option for the poor, who couldn't afford either the religious or civil/legal costs of a ceremony, and mostly just set up common-law marriages.<br /><br />But who cares? It doesn't matter to me whether marriage is more or less popular; what's important is what works for me - and my wife, a.k.a. She Who Must Be Obeyed, of course.Les Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210607019359651470noreply@blogger.com