It was Woody Allen who said that “marriage was the end of hope.” We know from the behavior of millennials today that while they strongly favor equality of marriage, they are not to keen on the institution for themselves.Arguably marriage today, like so much in our society, is undergoing a transition and even disruption. Marriage today is certainly not your parents marriage….but is it maybe your grandparents.
Suppose we skip back not one, but two generations and look at marriage. Can we learn anything that is at all relevant to our 24/7 tech driven culture today?
Karl Pillemer thinks so. He has taken the time to talk to hundreds of older retirees about their relationships and their marriages, in the hope that age might provide a little wisdom on one of the oldest subjects. The results are in 30 Lessons for Loving: Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage
.My conversation with Karl Pillemer:
