Marriage

I never really contemplated the difficulties of marriage and the severity until I was actually in a long term relationship.  Now that I have been out of it for almost as long as I was in one, I have been able to look at it somewhat objectively (all be it emotionally removed) when speaking to my friends who are just getting married now, friends that have been married for a little while and people who have full fledged families.  There are very few people in this world who are completely happy with their significant other.  Its often rare to find two people who have equal feelings for each other at the same time.  I have never had an issue with monogamy.  If I am involved with someone, I never have an issue staying committed to that person.  Some people legitimately have an issue with this.  I know people who are pathological in cheating on their significant others, which leads me to believe that for some fidelity is a genetic thing.

I just can't comprehend what it would be like to be with someone long enough to procreate and then at a certain stage when the kids are still small, these people get divorced.  I don't know, maybe its old fashioned, but I always thought when you have kids you are sacrificing a piece of yourself to a certain extent.  And I don't care what anyone says, these divorces or infidelities are about immaturity and selfishness.