The Destruction of Modern Women

[Northern Pilgrim]

The funnier part isn't about what "marriages last" as if all marriages these days aren't questionable. The real issue about the gap is "Does a man get anything, yes anything at all, out of marriage these days?" I fail to see why a man wouldn't at least try to get youth from the girl, given that nothing else either comes commonly, or can be enforced (unlike his funds and earnings).

I can totally understand where you are coming from, but in my opinion, a Christian marriage should be more about what a man gives than what he gets.
Yes, the raw material does matter but you can only do your part to be faithful to God. What a woman does will of course depend upon your example, but a good marriage is about much more than finding the "least bad option".
In truth, it is about both parties giving 100%, and expecting nothing in return. Only then can you fulfill God's plan for marriage.

 

[Calisto]

But when women aren't as willing as before to have children then yes it becomes pointless for the man to marry

 

[PurpleUrkel]

What a woman does will of course depend upon your example, but a good marriage is about much more than finding the "least bad option".
In truth, it is about both parties giving 100%, and expecting nothing in return.

"Theoretically," this sounds good on paper and I agree. But "the expecting nothing in return" part is almost a super human feat nowadays as we live in a world of narcissists who put money and things above God. Women are being conditioned to expect a lot from men yet they cannot cook, much less sew. I can do both.

But when women aren't as willing as before to have children then yes it becomes pointless for the man to marry.

And then there's this.