Don't forget that, although the divorce rate among Latter-day Saints is far lower than that of the general population, plenty of people growing up within the church have seen either their own parents or the parents of friends break up. They have seen the pain it causes and all the other negative effects. They have seen the damage that can last a very long time after a marriage ends, children used as pawns by bickering parents, and children losing all contact with one parent because of improper actions by the other.Sunain wrote: ↑April 17th, 2017, 4:29 am I don't think it's scared of commitment, more like scared for economic reasons. Many of discussions I've been in during YSA classes seems to indicate that the issue is economic. President's Holland's all you need is $300 to get married is often referenced as the apostles being a bit out of touch with reality these days.
What guy wants to get married, have a couple happy years, a couple difficult years, a divorce, lose half his stuff, then have to pay an outrageous amount in alimony and child support or face jail when the mother so often is given a pass by the courts for consistently refusing to obey court orders regarding the father's visitation?
Materialism is another big concern. I remember when I was a college student at Ricks girls would call a guy spiritual not because he was, but because spiritual was a code word for "he has his own car." And from what I hear, it's only gotten worse with time.