Judging by the statistics, marriage has seen better days. Census figures indicate that for the first time ever, married couples make up fewer than half of American households, and a Pew survey late last year found that an increasing number of people believe marriage is "obsolete." Now, psychologist Neil Clark Warren, founder of online matchmaker eHarmony, says at The Huffington Post that hundreds of thousands of the more than 2 million U.S. couples who will get married this year should wait, or call the whole thing off, because they're poor matches and will just drag down the institution further. Is marriage really in such bad shape?
It's not the institution it used to be: The old idea that you have to get married to be happy is dead, says Briana Rognlin at Blisstree. "There are all kinds of relationships that can be fulfilling and great — even if they don't last a lifetime and aren’t officially registered under the state." Go ahead and walk down the aisle if you've found a truly compatible partner, but if you're just doing it because you think you're supposed to, maybe you should call it off.
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