I was reading the December issue of Vogue when I happened upon these lines in an FOB article: “Speaking of marriage, as I write, a German politician named Gabriele Pauli is advocating that her country adopt a law determining that all marriages automatically expire after seven years. If you like, renew your contract then, she says, or just let it slip away.”
I’m so confused. One of the main points of marriage is that it’s supposed to be forever; a lifelong commitment, for better or for worse. If marriages “expired” after seven years, why bother getting married at all?? Why not just do away with the institution altogether?!
This proposed law is one of the most dismally defeatist ideas I’ve ever heard. What happened to people just believing in lasting love? Love exists, people!! How about a little faith?
