The recent surge in the rate of divorce has been blamed on people getting hitched, due to society (and traditional) pressures and mundane things like sex and money. Do people really understand what marriage is all about?Is there enough commitment to make marriages work by both parties involved?Is marriage a must for people?_{Thanks ya'all for your views and opinions}

PEOPLE MARRY FOR VARIOUS REASONS, AND IN MOST IN LINE WITH THEIR CULTURE. DIFFRENT CULTURAL GRPS AND ETHNICS HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON MARRIAGES.
IN AFRICA, MARRIAGE USED TO BE FOR CHILD REARING, SE.XUAL SATISFACTION
U HEAR MEN REFERRING TO WOMEN AS MATRESSES, CHANGIN WIVES BECAUSE OF INFERTILITY E.T.C


IN SOME WESTERNN PART OF D WORLD MARRIAGE RaTHER IS FOR COMPANIONSHIP MAJORLY AND CHILDREN ARE NOT REALLY IMPORTANT.

IN AFRICA NOW, PEOPLE WANT TO MERGE ALL THESE TOGETHER
OBJECTIVELY I THINK EVERYONE SHLD HAVE THEIR REASON FOR MARRIAGE, BE IT SEXUAL SAT., CHILDREN E.T.C.
IF UR NEEDS ARE MET IN UR MARRIAGE THERE WILL BE FEWER CASES OF DIVORCE AND BROKEN HOMES

At poster: Most couples these days do not have sufficient knowledge of one another before marriage. That has resulted in breakdown of marriages.
There is a very low divorce rate in Igboland east and west of the niger because of their traditional system of marriage.
This system involves introduction, here a thorogh search and investigation is conducted before the actual marriage. This has helped a lot in keeping marriages together.

Institutions such as Umuada and Umunna has also acted as checks and balances in marriages east and west of the great river. This is another reason why marriages are safer within Ndigbo.