'Till Death do You Apart?

The buzz these past few days has been about the lightning-short marriage of Kim Kardashian to NBA star, Kris Humphries. The shocker: only 72 days of married life after a wedding that reportedly cost $10 million. Did it come as a shock to me? Nope. It was all a fiasco during the weeks prior to the big event, plus they apparently made a lot of money from it. Then again, that is what reality stars do and what snags all the "good" ratings. However, I do think the divorce and the surrounding spectacle is a total disgrace to the sanctity of marriage.

I believe that when 2 people are totally in love, they have the right to start the next step of their lives together as a married couple. And as cliché as I may sound right now, I do believe that marriage is forever; maybe because I am a devout Catholic or just because I am a hopeless romantic. Nonetheless, I view marriage as something very serious and not something to be taken lightly. Thus, my feelings towards this whole fiasco.

Then people wonder why divorce statistics are so high. If many are entering into marriage just to have the lavish WEDDING, it is obvious, in my opinion, that the marriage is not going to last. People should enter into marriage with the knowledge that it takes constant work, compromise, communication and respect. After all, it is the union of two very different people with different views and upbringings, into a single unit. Thus the promise to respect each other and be with each other in good and bad times.