Sexual attraction wanes and is replaced by sexual attrition in most cases. Economics are not sufficient grounds for a lasting relationship, either. In today's world, both partners are potentially financially independent. It is replaced by a more balanced, business-like, version with children and the couple's welfare and life standard as the products. Marriages based solely on these considerations and motivations are as easy to dismantle and as likely to unravel as is any other business collaboration.
Social pressures are a potent maintainer of family cohesiveness and apparent stability.
But, being enforced from the outside, it resembles detention rather than a voluntary arrangement, with the same level of happiness to go with it. Healthyplace Inc. All rights reserved.