What a lot of young people, and some old for that matter, don't realize is that it takes a lot more than just feelings to make a marriage work. There are plenty of divorced couples that still care for each other but are still divorced. So, feelings is not the only ingredient to make a succesful marriage.

Honest communication goes a long way to letting that happen.

Being responsible financially also helps.

Being mature also has to be there.

Getting married is easy. Staying married is the hard part. Kinda like running your own business. Any yinyang can pay the little bit of money it takes to register a name with the State and suddenly become a "business". The real measure of success is not merely opening a shop.....it's keeping one open for a long time. Same with a marriage. People think, much like with children, that getting married is suddenly going to transform them from child to adult. WRONG!!!! I know plenty of adults that have never been married. It's not a right of passage. If people go into it with the wrong ideas, they'll only get the same in return. Trash in= Trash out.