Originally Posted by MSD

I have to disagree with you for two reasons.

First, my generation hasn't had time to prove that our relationships can last. I'm 25, but I have cousins who have been married for close to 10 years (in fact, one of my cousins met her husband at age 15 and dated through college) and are happy together, never fight, have two kids, and I would put $1000 down to say that they will still be together in 30 years.

Second, I think you're clinging to a romanticized Leave it to Beaver-style vision of how things were back then. Maybe people didn't divorce, but people turned a blind eye to depression-related alcohol abuse and men hitting their wives. No generation wants to admit it, but shit has been the same for a long time. Look back at the glory days of ancient Athens and you'll see infidelity, teen pregnancy, rampant drug and alcohol use, and all the stuff that people blame on those damn kids these days. Sure, there were waves of puritanism and conservative backlash movements, but not a lot has changed.