Before Marriage I Wanted to Live Forever

Everyone knows it: the exhaustion that creeps into 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. What's left of them? At 25 you marry the person who drives you out of your mind... and at 50 you realise: they succeeded.

But is marriage really obsolete, despite the sky-high divorce rates? Is the single life, casual evening companions and cheating websites a viable alternative?

Can't the old institution be modernised? For men today, it's not important whether a woman can cook - what matters is whether she knows a good lawyer. Besides, every man knows: whoever ends up on top does the dishes. The only thing that counts is a balanced relationship: one person is always right, and the other one is the husband.