The idea that this is some sort of relic of the past is a wild exaggeration.
It's worth remembering that the great majority of people get married. And while about 50% of marriages in the US end in divorce, that also means that the other 50% don't. If you confine yourself to the middle and upper social classes, more than 50% don't.
What goes on in those marriages is another story -- but marriage was never a guarantee of idyllic happiness at any time. And while this was clearly a devoted couple, who knows how they felt about each other 65 years ago (when they were already married for 5 years, lol)? As time goes on and people settle down and accept their fate and each other, past conflicts get forgotten -- but it's rarely a perfectly smooth ride for anyone. There are exceptions, of course.
There has been some social change, for sure. But let's not get carried away -- lengthy marriages lasting to the end of people's lives are still common and normal, not some quaint institution of the past.
Most men are not like the guys who post on this forum -- they are not "red pill" and they don't think in those terms. They'll meet some female, get married, have kids and basically take their chances, willy-nilly. Some will draw snake eyes and will be wrung dry by the American divorce industry, stripped of their assets, children and peace of mind. Plenty will do fine, more or less -- that does not mean they'll have particularly inspired lives, but they'll escape real catastrophe -- and some will be completely content and go to their graves as gratified grandfathers and great-grandfathers. All these outcomes are possible and all happen even as we speak.
It's worth remembering that the great majority of people get married. And while about 50% of marriages in the US end in divorce, that also means that the other 50% don't. If you confine yourself to the middle and upper social classes, more than 50% don't.
What goes on in those marriages is another story -- but marriage was never a guarantee of idyllic happiness at any time. And while this was clearly a devoted couple, who knows how they felt about each other 65 years ago (when they were already married for 5 years, lol)? As time goes on and people settle down and accept their fate and each other, past conflicts get forgotten -- but it's rarely a perfectly smooth ride for anyone. There are exceptions, of course.
There has been some social change, for sure. But let's not get carried away -- lengthy marriages lasting to the end of people's lives are still common and normal, not some quaint institution of the past.
Most men are not like the guys who post on this forum -- they are not "red pill" and they don't think in those terms. They'll meet some female, get married, have kids and basically take their chances, willy-nilly. Some will draw snake eyes and will be wrung dry by the American divorce industry, stripped of their assets, children and peace of mind. Plenty will do fine, more or less -- that does not mean they'll have particularly inspired lives, but they'll escape real catastrophe -- and some will be completely content and go to their graves as gratified grandfathers and great-grandfathers. All these outcomes are possible and all happen even as we speak.
same old shit, sixes and sevens Shaft...