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Ask CNN: Why Are Fewer People Getting Married?

Aired February 2, 2001 - 2:40 p.m. ET

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MICHELE DEE, HILLSBOROUGH, CALIFORNIA: Hello, my name is Michele Dee. And I am from Hillsborough, California. And my question is: Why are fewer people getting married today?

DR. PHILLIP MCGRAW, PSYCHOLOGIST: Fewer people are getting married today for the simple reason that they understand that our model of marriage is not working. We keep fixing it, so to speak, instead of getting back to the basics of truly knowing one another. Young people are avoiding marriage because they have alternatives.

They're waiting later to get married. And fewer of them are doing it because they see the outcome is simply not what they want in their life. I've said many, many times before, I'd rather be healthy alone than sick with someone else. And I think a lot young people are deciding exactly the same thing. I'm optimistic that we're going to get this right, but we have got to start showing young people that there is a solid future to marriage.

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