First of all, the foundation of modern marriage is not the same as it used to be. In the past, people would often say "live together", or "marry a man and marry a man, dress and eat", these two sayings vividly illustrate that the basis of marriage in the past was mainly economic. In the marriage of the older generation, economic security takes precedence over other needs, and people are largely united by economic unions.
However, people are different now. We'll say "I love you, let's get married" or "I don't love you anymore, let's break up". It can be said that in modern marriage, emotional relationships are more important than economic ones. But relationships are more volatile than wealth, and modern marriages that rely on emotions are more fragile. In the past, if there was a problem in the relationship, people were able to maintain their marriage and get by. But now, once there is a problem in the relationship, it is either divorce or cheating.
Secondly, people nowadays want more in marriage. In the past, in the marriage relationship, people were most concerned about economic income, and we can understand this union as an economic alliance, just like a man plowing and a woman weaving, which can give full play to the economic advantages of both parties. Now, people want to be able to fulfill all their expectations of life in a marriage.
When expectations are not met, it is difficult for people today to choose patience like their predecessors. Because society is more open and there are more options, once people can't get what they want in marriage, they are likely to look for other options outside of marriage, and the problem of cheating will follow.
In the end, cheating is not necessarily due to an unhappy marriage, but it may also be a search for self.
Marriage is no longer a very important thing in the hearts of modern people, happy to live, unhappy, uncomfortable, wronged, divorced, now people have more interest in marriage, expecting marriage is no longer the only thing in life.
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