Nick Hornby in 'How to be Good'

Nick Hornby in "How to be Good" says

'To dislike one husband may be regarded as unfortunate, but to dislike both looks like carelessness.'

'We are the the ideal nuclear family. We eat together, we play improving board games instead of watching television, we smile a lot. I fear that at any moment I may kill somebody.'

So much for the Government with all their pro-marriage, pro-childbirth propaganda. The last I heard, NUS is organising a seminar/conference on "Why People are not getting Married" on the 27th of August.

My take on marriage? I refuse to comment. But I agree with Thomas Hardy when he says that the marriage ceremony is 'only a sordid contract, based on material convenience in householding, rating and taxing , and the inheritance of land and money by children, making it necessary that the male parent should be known.' '..love is usual tragedy in civilised life...a tragedy artificially manufactured for people who in a natural state would find relief in parting.'

Depressing isn't it? Feel free to disagree. This is a democratic society.