Watch this video:

For those of you who couldn’t be arsed watching this video, it relates a story of a man who was wrongfully convicted for rape. He was found to be innocent via DNA evidence, then given $4 million in compensation.

His now ex wife (wife at the time of conviction) is demanding a slice of that 4 million, despite divorcing him 3 years into his 25 years in jail.

Now if you’re like me, you may think this is ridiculous. After all, she didn’t stick buy him for all these years and therefore shouldn’t receive anything. However don’t be surprised if she ends up winning some money.

You see, over the years, the vows of marriage have been pissed on so often that very few people take marriage seriously anymore.

Marriage used to be a life time commitment. These days it is a commitment up until the point where it becomes inconvenient.

This is largely a cause of no fault divorce laws being introduced (allowing anyone to obtain a divorce even if there is no justifiable reason).

When she chose to marry him, she made a commitment to stand by him no matter what. She should have been there supporting him every one of those 25 years. But she wasn’t. She bailed when it got tough.

The classic vows:

For better or worse, in sickness and in health.

Should be changed to:

For better and in health… as long as it’s convenient for me.

There really is no point to taking these vows if you don’t plan on keeping them.

More on this sad joke of an institution later.

Regards

-Simon