Yet another study has
suggested that Americans are less satisfied with their personal lives,
with one exception: married couples. According to a recent study
published by Gallup, while less than half (47%) of Americans in general were
satisfied with their personal lives, over half (57%) of married
couples reported feeling very satisfied. That’s nearly 20
percentage points higher than their non-married counterparts.
Of course, this report
does not mean that marriage is the only way to be happy and satisfied, or
that a single life cannot be beautiful, meaningful, and happy. It often
is.
Still, the truth about marriage should be told, given the popular
narrative that marriage leads to misery, the record low number of young
adults getting married, and the current push to mainstream “non-monogamy” as good and
healthy.
Not every institution should be revised for our modern ideas. The people most satisfied with
their lives are those old-fashioned married couples, because this is as
God intended it.
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