Marriage and children: This feature was written and first published by economic and financial analyst Ephraim Njega. These people who keep propagating the absurdity that only married people can be happy in life are the reason behind the many failed marriages and careless reproduction.
You can’t generalise such things. Marriage is not for everyone. That is why people are killing each other because of getting into marriages under pressure.
It is ridiculous to claim that only marriage can assure people of happiness in life. There are many people who have achieved great things in life despite being single.
There are also many people who are married and very unhappy. If marriage was heaven as fantasised why are couples fighting and killing each other?
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Today, marriage is not only a social but also a financial decision. Getting into marriage because of social pressure and without financial preparation will result in a lot of unhappiness and failed marriages.
The claim that getting married will assure one of happy life in old age due to family support is also not a convincing reason to get into marriage. There are many people who get into old age while single yet they were married because of many reasons such as divorce, separation, death of spouse etc.
Children offering support in old age is not a guarantee of happiness. Some children are a nuisance and a burden to their aging parents.
Besides, there are people who get married and end up without children. Other people have children who die before their parents. If you say you can only be happy in old age if you have children what happens to you under such circumstances?
In addition, family isn’t just nuclear family. Furthermore, there are many other strategies which can allow one to live in a community setting in their sunset years. As our population grows older you can expect a lot of solutions including commercial ones to support the aged to lead a decent and meaningful full life.
People should pursue whatever makes them happy without prescribing and projecting their happiness to others. It is absurd to imagine you can create other people in your own image.
