Author: unitedfamilies

There’s still work to be done. Marriage at both the institutional and individual levels is not perfect. The marriage doomers see the imperfections and have decided to give up. They tell their followers to give up, too. And I get it, it’s easy to become discouraged when things aren’t just right. But when I look at how far we’ve come, I don’t see a failed utopia. I see a story of progress. I see generations of people working, little by little but with great success, to make the world a better place. Which is to say, the story of marriage is not one of doom. It’s a story of hope.

Simply put, many people lack knowledge and skills of how to date in this frustrating, modern marriage market. The result is a mismatch between young adult aspirations for a healthy, lifelong union and a dating system that can reliably get them to the altar. Those already on the marriage highway are mostly doing well and receiving its benefits, but broken-down marital on-ramps mean fewer and fewer young adults will ever get access to those benefits.