Why We Need Marriage Preparation

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I could not have agreed more with today’s breakpoint commentary by Chuck Colson. It was contemproary worldview on wedding and marriage, titled ‘Til death do us part – or whatever. It said: Tragically, many young couples enter into matrimony with no idea of what marriage is all about. Their “preparation” for marriage, if you can […]

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Waiting to tie the knot – Ideal age to get married?

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In the Indian community the marriageable age seems to getting further along the way than their older siblings or previous generation. They are waiting longer to walk down the aisle and some are forced to remain single. Arranged marriages are getting delayed and matrimonial ad now show singles well into their late 30s. The rise of […]

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Do engaged couples fight?

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Recently I met soon-to-be bride friend of ours and when I enquired how is the wedding & marriage preparation going (they are going through Before the wedding bells), she asked me this question ‘Is it ok for engaged couples to fight?’ I prodded further…. what do you mean by a fight? It was first major […]

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Out of wedlock births on the rise

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In the USA, the proportion of births outside of marriage has risen to almost 40%, according to the most recent federal data. And experts say much of the increase has been among high-school-educated, cohabiting couples in their 20s. “That’s where the big growth has been,” says Andrew Cherlin, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University in […]

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Interracial Marriages

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Recently friend asked me ‘Are Indians marrying people from other races?’ My immediate answer was, ‘Sure. I know Indian Americans who have married Caucasians, African Americans, Chinese, Koreans, Russians etc.’ And it is only on the increase. Interdenominational and interfaith marriages are also on the rise in the Indian American community. Sociologists calls this outmarriages, […]

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Marriage Trends

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marriage, wedding, trends, cohabitation, single
mate selection, arrnaged marriage

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Who Cares for Marriage?

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In an age of cohabitation, homosexual unions, non-marital sex etc why bother to get married? Widespread acceptance of divorce has further undermined marriage. With rising legal fees associated with divorce and high likelihood of marital breakdown, many are choosing to stay out of marraige all together. But recently BBC reported of another research recently “Why Marriage […]

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