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By statistics, do you mean divorce? Marriage is only one type of relationship. There are people out there that are with their SOs for years, but never marry. I think that is more common, now, than ever before. I am not trying to derail this thread, but I want to understand what you mean about relationships dieing.
I don't think it is necessarily true that communication is dieing or that people don't apologize, where they did before in relationships. I just don't buy it, I guess. Growing up watching my parents interact, there was a serious lack of communication. There weren't many "I love you"s or "Let's talk about our feelings" type discussions. I never witsnessed them holding hands or kissing. They are still together. Why? Because they had a different idea of what a marriage should be. I, on the other hand, have had far different experiences...and I have a different idea of what a marriage should be (for me, anyway). I want the "I love you"s and the feelings conversations. Neither one is better than the other. They're just different.
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