Stephan Bauer - Vor der Ehe wollt' ich ewig leben

"Vor der Ehe wollt' ich ewig leben" - everyone knows it: that creeping exhaustion in a relationship. After ten years, you stare blankly at your partner's face and it hits you: "Before marriage, I wanted to live forever". Almost everyone once had dreams of a happy, fulfilling life. So what happened to them?

At 25 you marry the person who blows your mind... and at 50 you realize: they succeeded. But is marriage really obsolete, despite the high divorce rates? Are the single life, casual evening companions, and online cheating portals a viable alternative? Can't the old institution of marriage simply be modernized?

For men today, it's not important whether a woman can cook - what matters is whether she knows a good lawyer. Besides, men have figured it out: whoever's on top does the dishes. The only thing that counts is balance in the relationship: one person is always right, and the other one is the husband.