Marriage

While I don't have any personal experience with marriage, I do know a bit from the observation of various marriages I've seen throughout my life. Marriage is a powerful commitment two people make to each other that, at least in them, bonds them together for life. From what I've seen, to say that marriage is a lot of work would be the understatement of the century. When the two people in question make the leap, the promise "for better for worse, in sickness and in health" is the biggest hurdle and test of their connection that they will encounter. It's easy to think, at least in the beginning, that marriage is all sunshine and rainbows, to think that it's like something straight out of a fairy tale, but I think that once you get further into it, the reality hits the two people like a pile of bricks. No matter how in love two people might be, their relationship will be bound to be tested at one point or another. I can definitely say that my last relationship had it's fair share of bumps, and even that didn't end up working out. Such is life though, and while I was in a fair amount of pain, I ultimately grew as an individual because of this. I can imagine that marriage is similar, just on a much deeper level. I'm not sure if I'll ever get married. I know that there is no guarantee that I'll ever meet the right woman for me, after all, I thought my last girlfriend could have been the one, but obviously that wasn't the case. I'm still making my best effort to be open to it however, and I strongly hope that someday I'll meet the right person that I know will be able to whether the storm of being a part of my life. No ones marital path comes without snags or difficulties. No marriage is perfect, and many of them don't work out, but I don't think that's sufficient reason to not want to take part in the concept all together. I think that if I met the right person, the trials and tribulations of marriage would be worth it, and that's why I'm not giving up hope. I just need to focus on bettering myself and growing into the kind of person with the adequate capacity to both love and be loved. I would like to get married and start a family some day, but as of right now, I need to focus on molding myself into the person that has the ability to do that. I think that a huge reason many marriages don't work out is that they are rushed into too quickly, and I don't want to get tripped up in that same pitfall. Despite the fact that many don't work out, it can't be denied that marriage is both beautiful and romantic. Even though it has its roots in archaic old traditions, it remains a beautiful thing to this day and will continue to remain so at least for the rest of my lifetime if you ask me.