It is a universal culture of human unification from opposite genders that is defined as “the formation of a social and legal contract between two people for a lifetime companionship, rights, as well as, responsibilities towards each other”. Marriage is a societal contract and legal binding of two individuals to raise a family. It is a relationship that stands on the ideology of intimacy, love, romance, sex, companionship, responsibility and concern (Crusius & Channell, p. 402).
The tradition of marriage has always the one of the most celebrated union of society, ever since, the evolution of humanity. It is the most fundamental human ritual with excessive societal, psychological, and personal significance to an individual. Marriage bears different context and obligation in different religions (Wilcox et. al., p. 2).
However, in all religious faiths and believes, marriage is regarded as a religious and lofty unifications of two bodies, hearts and souls. It is considered as a very significant phase of life of any individual getting married, since he or she believes to spends rest of life with the moist suitable person in companionship, and worthy of love (Wilcox et. al., p. 2).
Despite of the immense beauty and significance of a marital relationship, it breaks off into a terrible divorce. The paper is an essay pertaining to the topic of “Love and Relationship”. It attempts to explore the reasons why human beings fall in love, what they consider to be a good relationship and what may happen when individuals come together (Crusius & Channell, p. 409).
The paper shall discuss the various facets of such romantic relations that could be opt or not opt by a person. It shall focus on referring the recommended essays from the text and highlight the arguments on various related issue. It will strive to reflect the divorce rate, and causes of divorce, as well as, the psychological and sociological issues. It focuses the roadmap of finding a successful spouse, and discusses the societal issues of increasing marital conflicts along with the current divorce rates. In the end, it presents outlook of a successful marriage and its aftereffects.
Discussion
The First Fine Rapture: Who We Choose
According to the Chapter the First Fine Rapture: Who We Choose, love and attraction is a result of years of hereditary factors, ingrained both, in the male and female mind, which helps in choosing the best possible candidate for the purposes of reproduction. It is this love, which is triggered when males, find females with a particular 'waist to hip ratio', overall symmetrical figure and straight and well proportioned body parts which signifies the resistance to particular diseases which affect all those things. Similarly, females look for males, who are financially secure, tall, muscular, assertive, authoritative, etc, all the signs of possessing the dominant male genes which would help for the creation of a best possible offspring (Crusius & Channell, p. 411).
The article says that these requirements or thoughts are ingrained in the individuals' brains, ...