Modern Marriages: Has Society Outgrown the Need for Long Lasting Monogamy?

I've never been married, but I can answer for my parents. I'm 29 years old, and they have been married ever since I was born. They're still married. They met while they were in college. They each have been married once. They're in their fifties. My dad is 3 years older than my mom. She's 52, I think, and he's 55. They're baptist. Because of his job, dad can't attend church as offend as he would like. Mom attends church regularly, and teaches Sunday school as well. She's very familiar with the Bible and talks about religion all the time. She loves to say "The devil will push you up to do something and turn you in for listening." "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few." My parents have two children, me and my brother. He's 22. In the beginning of their marriage both my parents had a degree. My mom had a job, but it took my dad a while to find work. It wasn't until I was 17 that my parents became home owners. When I was 10 my mom went back to school to become a librarian because she would go on job interviews to be a teacher and there would be 10 other people interviewing for the same job. My parents are pretty sexually active. I guess they do it a couple times out of the year. My dad enjoys porn magazines and porn tapes. They communicate very well and have a dogged determination when it comes to getting what they want. It's kind of exhausting. My mom's communication level is 10, and my dad's is 8. What my dad lacks in communication he makes up for in being a very understanding person. Just because a person is good at running their mouth doesn't mean they're a good communicator. What kind of communication are you talking about? The biggest fight my parents had was when I was 5. My dad called my mom a fat b*tch, and my mom broke plates and said "Your mom's dead!" Once my dad cheated on my mom, but his excuse was that the woman put something in his drink. Neither one of my parents are emotionally faithful. Mom's very selfish and manipulative when it comes to getting her way. Dad's emotionally elusive. I never know what he's up, to, but he's a very kind person. My dad fantasizes about being with the women in the porn magazines. Both my mom and dad would leave each other if a lucrative opportunity arose. Their love for one another isn't very deep. Mom spends all her time working, at the computer, or complaining. Dad spends all his time watching tv and I don't know what goes on in his head. Whatever mom says he goes along with or disagrees for the hell of it. The biggest stressors in the marriage are they're not compatible. They never do anything fun together. I've learned that marriage sucks and I'm not married and don't plan on getting married unless I'm approached with a lucrative offer. My mom said if she could do it over again, she would marry someone with more money. I'm not sure what goes on in dad's head. I think if they could change anything about their marriage they wouldn't be married at all.