The last point is the kind of advice that a mother would give to an immature adult child hopelessly in love with the wrong person. It's the sort of platitude that should be well heeded, but rarely is. It is most often given to people who are in the entirely wrong frame of mind to hear it. It's great that getting and staying married are back in fashion. But let's not overdo it.
Divorce is still a necessary evil.
And being human, we should be allowed to make mistakes without blaming ourselves into massive depression or overwhelming guilt. Let's all work toward preventing impetuous unions that are doomed to fail, and toward support, reason and compromise in marriage. But let us not set unattainable goals or oversimplify complex relationships in the process. Opinions expressed are not necessarily shared by members of the Coalition.