In today's world of short-lived marriages, whenever someone tells me how long they've been married I always feel the need to congratulate them. I am most sure if it is our of encouragement or praise or recognition or what, but I always do. However, after doing so I always feel slightly awkward. It's as if in saying that I show doubt towards their marriage or marriage in general. That's not what I intend but I feel that it can come off that way.
It's sad how short marriage seems to last these days. Is it weird or in appropriate to congratulate those couples who have made it 5, 10, 20, 30+ years?
I think every year together should be celebrated. It is sad that marriages are progressively becoming shorter though. Marriage doesn't have the same meaning that it used to. TAKs?
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