Answer: If a woman is waiting for a proposal she is being passive and deserves what she gets. That being said, clearly given the astronomical divorce rate there is not ‘right’ time to get married. But one might want to do a risj assessment before entering such a business arrangement when the dissolution of the marriage contract is a messy and adversarial undertaking.
There are no rules for everyone, Take me for instance, I would never be with a woman that could not command at least a 6 figure income and deliver for me children with the requisite IQ. I can not have my genius IQ watered-down by an inferior intgelligence gene on her part. Luckily my wife is able to meet my expectations.

Sure there is a large sexual component to marriage, let’s take for granted that given the fact that I have obtained my current partner. this particular component is VERY large ; ) The rest is academic.

But Chanel, can we talk ? Are you married ?

The idea of living together before marriage is controversial and there are pros and cons to both sides. You cannot change a person and living with them is a sure way to learn each other and to learn how/if you can live with one another. I am for living together before marriage, but against moving in together too quickly. Like marriage, it is something that should be talked about, thought about and entered into with clear heads and hearts – and a plan for chores and the future.

I think our society has lost track of how serious marriage is. I think it’s become more about the wedding – the party, the dress, the food, the music, the gifts – than about the actual act of marriage. Marriage is a forever bond with someone that should be worked on not broken when things get hard.

I am 26 years old now, an age at which many of my friends are getting married without being seen as “too young” to do so. I used to think there were certain ages at which I had to do things – finish college, start and get settled into my career path, get married, own a house, have children, and so on. Having completed the first two, the old me would have focused on the last three. My point of view now is that things will happen when it is time. Treating marriage as a game of beat-the-clock is a mistake and more often than not, ends in failure.

Let’s bring back the sacred act marriage was intended to be. The vows, the promise of forever – in good times and in bad, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health – till death do you part. Because that’s love is – Till death do you part.