Till ____ Do Us Part

It has been reported that the marriage statistics in Singapore is on the rise.

But before we put our hands together to applaud the news, I need to clarify that it is due to RE-marriages being on the rise.
That also means divorces are also on the rise, since you cant re-marry (legally) without first divorcing.
This really makes me wonder why people marry in the first place, when they have a mindset that divorce is the easy way out of their problems, instead of working on the conflicting issues in the relationship.

Now, I agree I may be overly simplistic because I am not in their shoes. But I wonder if people have an end in mind when they make such important "life changing" decisions like getting married.

Of course, the other extreme is accepting that there can be no end in mind, so cohabitation is the best arrangement. Since there is no guarantees, there need not be any commitments:
Happy? Stay.
Not happy? Go your own way.

How does it relate to us?
Plenty.

How we (young people) approach courtship and marriage in the future, we learn it during our BGR (or lack of)... now, in our adolescence.

If changing girlfriends (or boyfriends) is as frequent as changing handphones (for lack of better comparison, assuming that most youths I know change handphones rather often), then we never learn what is COMMITMENT.

If we get into BGR early without considering the appropriateness of the season (ie your age) and the consequences, we never learn to WAIT and rush into relationships TOO CLOSE, TOO SOON, with little self-control. Only to regret it later that you have not taken time to know the other person's character deeply enough. Or not allowing yourself time to develop your character and know other people of opposite gender in a healthy friendship setting.

We carry all these attitudes into our adult relationships.
Little wonder why things dont work out right?

Hmm... what are your thoughts regarding this?
Do you think young people nowadays lack commitment and self control in relationships?