During class, we talked a great deal about marriage. What it is, what it does, how it has changed over the years. Some insisted that it is unnecessary given our day and age, while others still cling to the concept and what it originally stood for. At its bare bones, marriage is an agreed union between two people, be it religious or civil. It binds one person to another, in theory for life, but realistically until the two again agree they no longer wish to be in the union.People drift and change and want new things. It’s life. It’s humanity. However, this does not mean marriage should be dismissed. At its core, it is a beautiful ceremony, and I’m not talking about the dresses and decorations. Humans are a romantic bunch. We learned to read and write and distinguish love from just a desire to mate and we’ve been writing poems ever since.
Marriage is a tradition dating back hundreds if not thousands of years. Is it necessary? No. No tradition is necessary. Yet we still practice them. Why? Because humans like the idea of things. Doesn’t it sound nice to be so in love with a person that you want to spend your entire life with just them? Is it practical? Not really no. But if people want to get married, then let them. That is their choice as two consenting adults. As for marriage, like all traditions it will change and morph into whatever society makes of it. I don’t think it will ever truly phase out, but I expect the ideology to change heavily within the next decade.
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