The Impending Extinction of Marriage (Part 1 of 2)

Everyone falls in love with wedding days, but few of us fall in love with marriage.

 

— Xenocrates

Marriage is dying. Studies show that marriage is on the decline all over the world. More and more people are opting out of being married. The number of people who are married in the most developed societies around the world are at an all time low. But as you’ll note from the above linked article, this is not a cyclical trend. Marriage has been on a steady decline since the 1950’s. What gives? I explore this phenomenon in this post about the slow death of love.

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