Marriage!.....Not So Special Anymore!!

Nowadays you see married people everywhere. Schools, workplace, local parks, doctor's offices. You see them everywhere wherever the public is involved. Wherever you go there is a person with a ring upon their left finger. It almost makes me cringe to a certain degree, and what irritates me the most about the whole thing, is that people of the young generation are getting married as though it is "the thing" to do. I mean people I went to high school with are supposedly falling in love and tying the knot as if it is a normal everyday hobby. Little do they know what they're getting themselves into. Marriage doesn't last anymore people! Divorce rates are as high as they've ever been, and people just cannot handle being around one another like they thought they did going in. I mean the average marriage lasts a little over two years nowadays, thats the average, and my oh my that is brutally short! What are people thinking? I wonder what is going through their heads, because marriage isn't a toy, it is not something you can turn on and off whenever you feel like it. Marriage is hard work, and according to my parents its very hard work. They are best friends, but that doesn't mean much because they're from the generation where it was easier and it was supposed to happen. Nowadays you don't have to get married because things are more independent based rather than co dependent based. I mean don't get me wrong, due to the current economy you almost need to have your spouse working too but there is still more opportunities now for women than ever before so it is easier to just simply be on your own. I happen to think marriage is overrated and it really does make me cringe having to spend my time with the same person every single day and have them be in my space but thats just me. People get married now for all the wrong reasons, and most of them are because of benefits and how it makes their life easier and all that, I think that is just a load of crap and those people should be punished. I turn on the television earlier and all I see is an engagement ring commercial and people getting married. It consumes even the media world. It kind of makes you think that the media and the higher ups want everyone to get married, all I have to say to that is No Thank You! Because I know who I am, and I know what I am capable of and my lifestyle doesn't fit with marriage, I wish more people were like that, its a shame! A big shame if you ask me! Come on world! Be independent!