The value of lifelong marriages
Despite the fact that our life is fickle and changeable, and there is nothing permanent in it, the majority of people still consider lifelong marriage to be their ideal. Though many of them think that this ideal is unattainable, they still think that this is an ideal type of relationships and dream about them despite all disappointments and disillusionments.
Why is the idea of lifelong marriages so enduring? The answer is very simple. It is natural for each person to strive for stability and consistency. Stability always implies authenticity, sincerity, truthfulness and confidence in the future. All these features are very rare today. Those people, who were raised in good families, understand their values very much. The atmosphere of love, support and mutual understanding, which is always present in such families, favours the normal development of a child and its further socialisation. To be raised in a good family means to have more chances for happy life and finding good friends. On the contrary, when a person was raised in a problem family, where there were constant arguments and quarrels, he/she risks repeating the negative experience of his/her parents. Children, whose parents quarrel with each other or are divorced, often envy those of their peers, whose parents live in harmony and maintain friendly atmosphere in their families.
Lifelong marriage is always favourable for all family members. When people support each other and are ready to help each other, they can cope with all possible difficulties. When spouses can rely on each other and trust each other, they have a solid rear, which gives them power to overcome financial worries, overstrain, hardships at work, etc. Children in such families are happy and mentally healthy and they rarely suffer from various hang-ups and inhibitions.
Lifelong marriage is always a guarantee of a radiant future. It means that spouses will face their old age without any fears of loneliness and solitude. Children, raised in such families acquire high moral standards and are not likely to leave their parents to the mercy of fate.