
Light-mindedness and divorce
Different people have different views on the best age for marriage. Some people think that marriage is a very serious and responsible deed and a person should at first reach a certain level of maturity to think about it. This point of view is logical and clear. People who think so are responsible and earnest. The only drawback of this attitude is that while you are reaching this level of maturity you are getting old. Beware not to grow old before you reach it.
Other people on the contrary think that the more you think about maturity and responsibility the lesser are your chances for successful marriage. Of course marriage is a certain risk, as you can't predict your future. But when you constantly claim that you are not mature enough to get married, it seems that you try to hide the real reason – your fear.
Who is right, who is wrong? The truth is somewhere in the middle.
There are people who don't bother themselves with different refinements about marriage. They don't make plans for the future, distribute responsibilities. In general such people tend to live for the moment. This style of thinking and behaviour determines all their acts. They can do anything because they pay no attention to consequences. This position is very helpful in sport, during the examination periods and in many other aspects of life. But it is extremely harmful for marital relationship. In this case it can be called light-mindedness. It is mostly inherent in young people. They can easily marry and easily divorce. It's OK when such people don't have children. You may easily marry and easily divorce without any serious consequences. But if you have children, you will make them suffer. Light-mindedness often goes along with selfishness. If you can easily divorce and don't think about your children, you are selfish. But selfishness is not a lack of maturity, it is a trait.