Things Change

Marriage it's a tough one. Someone close to me has made the decision to end a marriage. As much as this hurts, even confuses me, I knew the outcome would be this when I was told of the separation. I can tell a lot of thought went into this decision, doesn't make it easier to deal with.
I feel sad. I love both of these people. Its very important to me to stay neutral, and not take sides. I know divorce is hard, and can get ugly, I have hopes they can find some peace with each other and make it as easy as possible. I'm not so sure this will happen. People tend to act out when they feel hurt, or burned by someone. They both deserve to have happy lives, unfortunately it wasn't with each other.

I started thinking about marriage back in the old days. Divorce was not an issue. You married young, and stayed with the same person until someone died. You didn't have so many options as we do now. Are they really such great options? or have they just made it easier for us to run away? I'm not saying divorce should not be an option in our society, b/c I do think it serves it's purpose, but I do think many people take advantage of it as well. They "check out" to early, take the easy way out. It is sad. Whatever happened to "Till death do us part" or is that even realistic anymore? Should that even be a marriage vow?
The world seems to be changing so fast in standards, it makes me worry about how the world will be for our kids.