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That is an interesting question.

I don't know how it goes in other countries but in the Netherlands, you can not just get married. You need to make an appointment plus there is a waiting time. They will figure out if you are not already married etc and people can come if they do not agree with you getting married.

You can also not easily divorce and there has to be a good reason given for that too. You need a lawyer and go to court. It can take months and even if the judge agrees both partners have to sign this agreement of the judge. As long as one refuses you are not divorced.

If you have children the misery is even worse. It all costs years of your life plus a lot of money so I agree better not get married. 

I do not see the need of a couple to stay together if they cannot stand each other or the woman is molested. This happens a bit too frequently. It does not make anyone happy and it is a bad example given to children as well. 

What I hear about India, how women from different casts a threaten, are looked down upon if they do not get children etc is not what I would see as a good example for a low percentage of divorces. It also says nothing about happiness or for example cheating on a partner.

I agree that falling in love is not the same as love. Falling in love will be over, love grows through the years. You need to respect someone and count on and trust that person. Trusting someone is the hardest thing to do these days. 

A couple can stay together till their death but it says nothing about the bond. More about the need, not able to leave. A good reason is no money. To me, it is cheating too if you think or long for someone else.

Church/religion, a certain society, women with fewer rights and who are not independent are good for a marriage where divorce is not allowed. 

I think if it comes to marriage you have to be the kind of person who likes to commit to someone and gives up on his own dreams and wishes, lives to sacrifice himself in the name of what people call love. If it comes to it most people don't. They like the good times not the bad.

I am one of these people who do not like to sacrifice in name of love. I am not raised to get married and I do not like to take care of an adult man. I do not like to listen to complaining and "stroke" a man's ego. I hate it to be the adult while a man says he will always be a child. 

Perhaps I would give it a try if my parents had found me a nice guy but I am not sure that would have worked. My grandfather wanted his daughters to be independent. That was in 1939 so he already knew, or had the experience with his own unlucky marriage, that it was better and healthier to stay single. 

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