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<\/div>\nCurious news from the marriage front courtesy of Samantha Brett. <\/i><\/p>\n
MARRIED folk, hold on to your wedding rings! Those marriage vows we once happily<\/p>\n
exchanged are in deep trouble. “For richer or poorer” has reached the end of its run, permanence has taken a back seat and the phrase “till death us do part” has been rejigged. The modern version runs something like “till the love runs out.” Or, more often,“till better booty comes my way.” Welcome to the vow revolution. It’s not surprising, either. With casual sex on the rise, marriage on the slide, and internet dalliances more accessible than a Paris Hilton video, long-term relationships are no longer safe. Even the Hollywood actor Zack Braff was overheard supporting this trend when he quipped: ‘‘The whole ‘till death us do part’ thing is hard. We don’t want to make a mistake. But we have our parents, who are often examples of people who made mistakes.”<\/p>\n
He’s not alone. While a big fuss was made when statistics exposed a high percentage of us shunning marriage to frolic around as proud singletons (It was only 25 years ago that people like us didn’t exist, statisticallyspeaking). A straw poll of friends over dinner found that none really wanted to get hitched, at least not soon. <\/p>\n
“It’s the whole ‘till death’ thing that I just can’t get my head around,” announced a single gal in her late 30s to a bunch of shocked (and very married) women. “To me it’s pointless to utter such a ridiculous phrase. And if I did have to say it, l wouldn’t want to break that promise. Because a deal is a deal and I’m not sure I can make that deal with anyone, ever.”<\/p>\n
She’s in luck. The death phrase is slowly being killed off in favor of more user-friendly vows such as: “for as long as we continue to love each other”, “for as long as our love shall last” or “until our time together is over.”<\/p>\n
Some couples even go as far as to remove “for richer or poorer ” from the wedding ceremony, just in case. One case in point was a recent American wedding officiated by the Reverend Run (of the rap group Run, DMC fame) where the phrase was replaced by “for richer or richer.” And when<\/p>\n
the time came to exchange the rings, the Reverend Run asked the happy (possibly gold-digging) newlywed, So where’s the bling.”<\/p>\n
Samantha Brett is the author of Sam and the City: Modern Love – How the Blog Generation Do It.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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