In the Western world people aren’t forced to get married or stay married. It’s fine to stay single or get divorced. Plenty of my friends have never been married and they live their lives just fine. Marriage is forever for some and not forever for others. My marriage wasn't working out for me so i got divorced. Being single worked just fine for me for many years. Saw no need to marry. Then I did marry second time. It works for me now too. I do what works for be

I don’t see any kind of issue either way. I was single then married then divorced then married and at no point I felt I HAD to do something. Not really. I do whatever the heck suits me at the moment as long as no one gets hurt. I am self supporting educated woman and certainly don’t see any need to be trapped either way. I really see it as non issue. I enjoy company of my husband and don’t intent to end it but if I start doing it just out of obligation, I’d be out like a light. Life is too short to live in misery . Never did and never will

Now in cultures where it’s hard to get divorced or you are forced to marry into arranged marriage, then it’s a tragedy. Here, not really.

Ps I don’t know and don’t care about religious aspect as I got married in court both times. I don’t bother with ceremonies and both times it was interfaith marriage anyways