5 Ways Marriage Is Harder in 2017 (and What You Can Do About It)
   Today, the role of marriage as an essential part of the transition to
   It's no secret that marriage looks a lot different today than it has in
   area, more marriages and births happen as a result.
   marriages.
   ever before, people are seeing marriage as truly optional.
   wedlock births and single parenting, the institution of marriage has
   that the passage to adulthood goes through marriage," he explains.
   "Today the role of marriage as an essential part of the transition to
   the institution of marriage has become less of a pre-requisite and more
   marriages within a population of 281 million" according to the U.S.
   population had grown to over 308 million, the number of marriages
   So, how does all of this impact the state of marriage today? Matrimony
   is leading to bigger issues in present day marriages.
   relationships? Comparing your own, unfiltered marriage to what other
   can end up competing with the amount of attention a marriage needs in
   marriages can endure," he says. "If the job, the children, the gym and
   the friends are consistently prioritized over the marriage, the
   marriage, over time, can wither like an underutilized muscle."
   "One of the biggest changes in modern marriage is that people have more
People are entering marriage with more baggage
   Putting marriage off until later in life can be a double-edged sword:
   Compromise is key to any marriage, and an established feeling of
   "Because people are putting off marriage to later in life they tend to
   have more baggage that they bring into the relationship and marriage,"
   habits from past relationships. Putting marriage off until later in
   for marriage because they're more settled in their careers and feel