Where Do These Stange Notions Come From?

I found an article about "lifestyle consultants" posted on Yahoo! last week . It was a reprint of a story written by Craig Wilson of USA Today. In the article, Wilson describes a certain gentleman who has hired one of these consultant s to help him with various aspects of his life, like dating.  Wilson states that this guy "knows he's at the age, 32, where he could use a wife." What the heck does that mean? Maybe that's why the divorce rate is so high - people getting married because they think they've reached an age where they could use a husband or wife? (As if age had anything to do with it, anyway). As a society, we've evidently picked up some strange notions about marriage.

People should get married only when they are in love, whether they are 15, 105, or somewhere in between. Otherwise, they should not even consider marriage. Love is something that cannot be planned or scheduled, but must be allowed to occur spontaneously, naturally, and serendipitously. A husband or wife is not something that one shops for like a car or a piece of furniture.