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Thor · 07-21-2015, 10:12 AM

Well this Marriage apocalypse in Iceland has been going on for well over 2-3 decades.

Its quite common for couples to live together for 5-10 years before even getting married, that is IF they do. Just a few weeks ago my sister in law's brother got married after being with his girlfriend for 26 years, they have 3 kids and as far as families go, great family!

Yet Iceland remains one of the top "family" nations on the planet, where so much is about the kids and family time. We have loads of holidays, kids are brought to adults parties as a norm, we have long paid maternity leave for women and the men have time off as well.

I just think that in our particular case, which is pretty common in the Nordic nations is that people don't see Marriage as something that is necessary, often seen as reflective of old values and old beliefs as people are leaving the church in droves and care less and less about what many still see as a patriarchal ceremony celebrating outdated values and beliefs.

07-21-2015, 10:12 AM	#260
Thor God of Hating Twitter Join Date: Apr 2006 Exp:	Well this Marriage apocalypse in Iceland has been going on for well over 2-3 decades. Its quite common for couples to live together for 5-10 years before even getting married, that is IF they do. Just a few weeks ago my sister in law's brother got married after being with his girlfriend for 26 years, they have 3 kids and as far as families go, great family! Yet Iceland remains one of the top "family" nations on the planet, where so much is about the kids and family time. We have loads of holidays, kids are brought to adults parties as a norm, we have long paid maternity leave for women and the men have time off as well. I just think that in our particular case, which is pretty common in the Nordic nations is that people don't see Marriage as something that is necessary, often seen as reflective of old values and old beliefs as people are leaving the church in droves and care less and less about what many still see as a patriarchal ceremony celebrating outdated values and beliefs. __________________ Allskonar fyrir Aumingja!!