The main cause of marital problems

Are we making too much of of the formal institution of marriage? What is it's basic purpose shorn of all the irrelevant appendages? In the modern world it is guided (at its root) by economics. That's why we have come to such a pass.

The whole issue of complicated marital problems is due mainly to our cultural and religious indoctrinated beliefs that marriage is something very very sacred. I am not disputing this to those that believe in it and are very happy. But what about those that are unhappy in their marital relationship? Can divorce be such a simple answer?

Marriage is practised because of the social support system. If even small communities recognize alternative lifestyles there is a ray of hope to such people who are trapped in unhappy relationships. Individually it's not possible to live a life as we would like mainly because we would not enjoy being alienated.

Perhaps we will be happier if we take this example of the

"Gordian Knot" legend and apply it to marriage. "The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great . It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (disentangling an "impossible" knot) solved easily "thinking outside the box" ("cutting the Gordian knot").



The main cause of marital problems