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Marriage

In the sermon of my friend's wedding, the Father stated his view about marriage. He thought that a marriage is a combination of a man and a woman. It is also a process of learning itself and each other of the couple. He insisted couples should have a single eye on his/her counterpart. This implies that divorce should be avoided. His words were humorous, thought provoking, but I regret to say doubtful. I would like to discuss the definition of successful marriage in this article. First, the successful marriage should not be limited to single spouse in a life. It sounds perfect to have a happy family after a man and a woman are married till the forever. Yet this does not mean successful either when the formed family is not happy. For example, a man does not respect the marriage with his wife and has affair with another lover. He lives with his mistress, does not talk to his wife and does not care any of his family. This marriage has become only a deadly cold certificate, even though ...