50 bajillion dollar weddings, Freudian psychological compatibility tests, courting for 15 years to see if he/she is really the one, talking about every single topic to make sure we are really on the same page, meeting friends and family to see if I can get along with them, etc.
Who the fudge cookies cares? All of these things are done today and most marriages are failures and unhappy.
Where has gone the innocence of simply falling in love and getting on with life by getting married and starting a family?
Why all the need for this superfluous complexity that causes many young people to stay single for years on end and end up depressed and unfulfilled even if they do get married? It’s stupid and flamboyant. ????
”My son will only marry an educated girl who looks like celebrity X.”
Ma’am, your son is retarded.
“My daughter will only marry a doctor whose salary exceeds 300k a year.”
Sir, you might as well make sure that you keep your daughter’s room out of your plans for any future updates because she isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
It’s like some sort of Quantum Physics equation or something.
It’s not that difficult folks. People have been doing it easily and successfully for thousands of years with low divorce rates even outside of the Catholic sphere.
I think you have a distorted image of the past
The angelic purity and innocence of many women is gone and most dudes are just as messed up.
Man, modern culture really slapped the sense out of people. It’s like some sort of joke. All the while birth rates are in the garbage bin for everyone but blacks and Asians and divorce rates are up the wazoo.
/rant over. 
The underlined in the first paragraph are both essential.
It never was and never will be HAPPY EVER AFTER.
What have you to offer and how are you going to improve your chances?
Topic: Why is the Path to Marriage Made Difficult? (Read 2634 times)