Why Remarry?

December may be a popular month for marriage proposals, but it hasn't been the season for universal affirmations of the institution itself.


The Times reported last week that French couples are avoiding traditional marriages and increasingly opting for civil unions. In the United States, two recent studies, one by the Pew Research Center and another by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virgina, noted the rise in cohabitation, which has doubled from 1990 to more than six million households in 2008, as an alternative to marriage.


This rise is not simply a reflection of the decision by the young and never married to delay taking the big step. The number of couples living together who were previously married is also on the rise, both among those who are still raising children and among older partners.


More second marriages fail than first marriages. With the increasing acceptance of cohabitation, why remarry? Why risk that nightmare all over again...

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http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/12/19/why-remarry?WT.mc_id=OP-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-WR-122010-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click