In fact, traditional marriage is suffocating. Given this cultural conditioning, it isn't surprising that fewer and fewer women, and men, are marrying. There was a time when people felt an obligation to wed. Marriage signified membership in the club of grown-ups. The Bible admonishes a man to leave his parents and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Marriage is more than a partnership and more than companionship, though both are important.
Marriage is a land that singles can only glimpse, like passengers on a ship within sight of, but still far from, shore. It's a kiss in the morning and a hug on coming home in the evening. It's knowing that someone knows you as well as any other person can. It's going through life joined at the heart. Would you like to see them add this columnist to their newspaper.