User:Missmdash

Civil Union with Option as apposed to Marriage. Marriage should not be a lifelong commitment in this day and age. What we should have instead of marriage could be considered a civil union on a lease with option. . It seems there would be less pressure in a relationship if one was under contractual obligation to perform at certain standard, with that could being periodically reviewed. At the beginning of the term, both parties could enjoy the celebration and benefits of a marriage while making arrangements for the dissolution of the relationship. Then, once the term is up, they could either renegotiate and celebrate an anniversary or dissolve and separate. Either way, they are planning for a future. In bringing children into the relationship on a lease option, they can make realistic arrangements for either having them, or not and what that looks like. I believe it would reduce the amount of children that have to live in a single parent environment. The termination of the relationship will already have built in arrangements for the children before anger intervenes. This would be the best most unorthodox method for relationships.

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