Marriage in the millennium- is it becoming obsolete?

For various reasons, the idea of marriage is becoming less and less of choice. Couples, it appears are opting for the defacto type relationship (although for some reason most people hate that word, including myself, so it seems, most are opting to call it 'living together).

Realistically, living as a defacto couple and being married are pretty much one and the same, however the latter costs a lot more as you sign those papers (e.g. the wedding). But the convenient thing is if you chose to live in a defacto relationship there are again no papers, and in this case no lawyer (again more cost). The end result with a defacto is that most people walk way without much of an argument, objects go back to their original owners, or things are split in some weird but normally civil way. For example, my stereo went to my Ex and he gave me his microwave. Although I have been told on good authority that a defacto relationship can cost you a house.

Turning 29, having in the past, been in three very long defacto relationships, and now very single living by myself and sharing my affections with cat has lead me to question this marriage thing. I've annoyed many people with the question of why no one's really doing it anymore.

For now I've come up with Four major reasons why people are not tying the knot (I'm sure there's many more, but that may take forever). So here we go...


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