Richard Rodriguez
Bingo.
It's like a heart-punch to me now when I hear young couples proudly proclaim, "we don't want kids."
Then what is your relationship about? I doubt it's self-sacrifice for the eternal good of the other.
And that gets to the nitty gritty of the traditional view of marriage vs today’s.
Long before they redefined it to include gays, I thought it had already been redefined...by those who declared marriage was purely about the “happiness” of the adults involved. Their self fulfillment - their goals - their hobbies - their money etc....
The notion that the primary purpose of marriage was to have children and form a family seems to be rare now.