Thursday, 23 June 2016

Steps to the Altar



Six years ago we toured St. Petersburg, Russia. It was a hot summer day and the city seemed full of brides. Our tour guide said to see a bride on her wedding day was good luck; something you could wish on like a penny or a star. She also said the brides’ families had paid small fortunes to make their big day spectacular, though most would be divorced within the year. In the US the divorce rate is nearly twice what it was when I was born. This generation is waiting longer to marry, too. The median age for men marrying for the first time is 28.3 – for women it’s 25.8. In 1960, men generally married at 23 and women at 20. Married men and women tend to be happier and live longer lives than unmarried or divorced people. But you don’t marry to be happy. You marry to make your spouse happier.

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