Value of Marriage

I got carried away reading my Cosmo last night that I didn't post a blog. But I did come across an inspiration for a blog. There was an article discussing marriage especially in Hollywood. It talked about the phenomenon that seems to be going on now where many stars are having children and cohabitating without being married. They had quotes from stars saying that they didn't feel they needed a ring to be parents. I disagree. It's not that I think you can't have kids without being married, it happens. But I do value the importance of marriage and I think if you love someone enough to share your life with them and to give another life, you should be married. I'm not married, obviously, but I can imagine what it's like. When you're married, it's a binding thing. It's not something to be taken lightly. Once you're married, you can't just break up because of a little fight. You work things out when you're married. Not that you should cheat on someone when you aren't married, but when you are married it's like taboo. You don't cheat on your spouse. Of course there are always going to be people that cheat, and get divorced, but I'm speaking of what marriage SHOULD be. I think that's why there is such a high rate of divorce in this day and time. People don't value marriage. They rush into marriage without thinking things through. It's a shame that Hollywood seems to be the role-model of our society. Celebrities live in a fantasy world. It's pretty much like they live in one of their movies. They do things that you just don't do in real life. I just tink it's a shame that they are bringing these views of marriage out as a "new way of living."