Why do people marry? Because they are in love. But if they are in love, they why does the marriage fail? Isn’t it a cliché that love conquers everything?
If you so want to get married (well, who doesn’t?) in the next few years, if you have already accomplished everything that you have set up before you settle for a bigger responsibility, it is best that you spend maybe 30 minutes of your precious time reading Anne Roiphe’s Why Marriages Fail.
In this article, Anne Roiphe explored the provoking question that is still some sort of taboo in Christian countries like the Philippines. She laid out every possible reason why such bond that is oftentimes deemed to be sacred, fall apart and end up being broken no matter how hard the involved couples tried to work things out. She also cited some advice in facing and eventually living a married life.
Anne Roiphe was able to establish a logical structure that can make a reader digest everything that is being said in the article. Sure, I was just 17 when I came across this essay. I have never been in any romantic relationship yet, but I was able to relate to the context of her analysis, because it somehow tackles the personal side of every individual who has gone through and may go through marriage. She also had this interconnected consequences that lead to divorce. Most importantly, she did not only cite the reasons of a failed marriage; she also gave a rationale why divorce is not a bad idea after all.
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