How many know marriage is for life?

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We always hope, but nothing in this life is guaranteed except death and taxes....Show more

marriage is for life but sadly the divorce rate is about at 53.3 percent which means that most marriages will end in divorce--both believers and nonbelievers are included. There are contributing factors that add to this decision--money, dislikes of certain behaviors, mannerisms, sexual behaviors or acts, etc.; when a couple marry they go into it with many hopes and dreams---"she is going to be a great wife", "he is my knight in shinning amour" but in time they start to see the other person for what he or she really is like---he likes to _______, she is very_______ and such things simply add up until either one just cannot deal with the "unknowns" and opt to divorce. Moreover, God has instructed His believers not to go into marriage with a person of a different idea/belief for this ends in problems. Still, some would say "the heart wants what the heart wants"-- desire is above all but it only leads to difficulties; sure even Christians end in divorce but it is due to not trusting in God with all their heart (marriage counseling tends to help but one or the other refuses) and simply seek to divorce--this will eventually create so many emotional issues for the children, I know I have seen it in therapy. Yet, there are believing and unbelieving couples that stay marriage for like. Seek God while He may be found......Show more

I do. I thought about leaving my husband about a month ago when I found out he cheated. But i thought about it and I promised 5 years ago to love him "for better or worse, until death do we part." Well, this is definately "for worse," but we do love each other, and he has promised that he will never let it happen again.

Before we got married, we agreed that divorce was simply not an option. In a world where divorce is so quickly and easily obtained, it is difficult not to throw in the towel when times are hard. It seems so rediculous that vowels that are so clear, precise and binding are so easily broken.

I am not saying that certain situations to not call for divorce. If someone is being abused, they should no longer be bound by marriage. And sometimes, though one partner believes in everlasting marriage, the other does not. And you cannot force someone to stay married....Show more

I know that my marriage is for life. We have known each other since October of 2006 and we got married September 2007. When we first started talking it was like we know each other back when we were kids. We both went through the same stuff growing up. He takes care of my two kids as if they were his own. He is the only man they know as Daddy. We still finish each others sentences and think of the same things at the same time. I never believed in soul mates until I met him....Show more

I do!

But really...you DON'T know that marriage is for life and it's like that for a lot of things in life. If you enter into a marriage with that kind of a mind-set though, you've already doomed yourself....Show more