The belief that marriage is a necessity is in reality a myth. These are some of the reasons why-
1) A person can live happily and get settled in life despite not being married. It’s a myth that one settles down in life only when they get married.
2) Another myth about marriage is that marriage brings you a life time partner or the person who is there for you in your ups and downs. This is not the case with most people. The person who is selfish, not emotional and not so caring will remain the same even after getting married.
3) Marriage brings unhappiness is also a myth. The person who they love and are reciprocated with the same emotion, to them love brings happiness. It is not necessarily that the two people getting married would have the same level of affection between them.
4) Compromising in marriage is normal is another myth. Both people need to understand each other’s wants, their needs and their ambitions. They should help each other work for and achieve them. A marriage where huge compromises are made hardly ever survives.
5) Fights are healthy in a marriage is a myth. No fight is ever healthy and it only brings the relationship to a ruin.
6) Marry the right person to stay happy in marriage. No one is right or wrong. It is all about whom you want to live with and with whom you have a strong bond.
7) Married couples should do activities together is a myth. Couples individually should have a life of their own as well. They should go and meet friends by themselves occasionally. It helps in maintaining the individuality of the person.
8) Having children will make marriage work better is another big myth. Being in a married relationship where neither of the partner is happy, then continuing the relationship only for the sake of the kid is a compulsion. Staying together due to this very reason will have no positive effect on the marriage. It would instead bring suffering.