Why is marriage misconceived upon society?

* Do you think people find marriage to be any kind of illusion? Why?Why is marriage misconceived upon society?
i do. i dont think we r supposed to mate for life. I think it is a evolutionary process set up so that we survive through time.Why is marriage misconceived upon society?
mis路con路ceive /藢m瑟sk蓹n藞siv/


鈥搗erb (used with object), verb (used without object), -ceived, -ceiv路ing.


to conceive or interpret wrongly; misunderstand.


[Origin: 1350鈥?400; ME; see mis-1, conceive]





鈥擱elated forms


mis路con路ceiv路er, noun





Taking into account your question, all I can assume is that you're asking why marriage exists at all - is there some social benefit to the ritual, or to the ';legal'; aspect of being formally joined as a couple?





So assuming you're asking this question (and that you really have no clue what the word ';misconceived'; means - which would be why I included the definition at the top of this), all I can say is that the custom of marriage has been a part of the fabric of society for thousands of years, and that it has been slowly evolving over that time span as well.





From being a formal declaration of quasi-ownership in the early and middle ages, to the more relaxed views of today, it is still a means for two people to declare their desire to commit to each other in a truly meaningful way.





...and for those who think the concept of marriage is failing because of the divorce rate, keep in mind that back in the early 1500's, King Henry VIII made a break with the Catholic Church and went on to have 4 of his 6 wives executed, with only Catherine of Aragon (whom he was married to for 24 years, mind you!) and Anne of Cleves (whom he was wed for a Britney-like 6 months) being the lucky ones who just got a divorce decree. Compared to this, I'd say that divorce, no matter how acrimonious, is a better alternative.
IMO it's because society has made it too easy to get out of it. When you say ';till death do us part'; it's easy a year later to say, ';oops, didn't mean it, and I'll take the house and the car.';