Going into marriage foolishly believing that its a deal until death do us apart is the main reason why many couples do not make it together to thru their age of retirement. We fail to realize that people change even if they are happily married. Not accepting this idea only leads to partners being farther apart and in the end they have separate lives while living in the same house.
Divorce shouldn’t be used as a way of getting out but more as a option in case one of the partners decides to try something new. There is no wrong in wanting something else, in the end we are still human, and I would like such a choice.
Work to grow together and enjoy, not because you are scared to be alone.

Seems to me if your the kind of person who wants to be putting an expiration date on your marriage then you shouldn’t be getting married in the first place!

OK…So we are talking about marriage here!!
Marriage is suppose to sacred, You are not suppose to take it for granted..This is completely LUDACRIS! A date on MARRIAGE? if thats the case, its a waste of time & love.
This is a commitment you guys, you either stick to it or you dont.

This is totally hilarious!!! WTF? What happened to love and “till death do us part”! If there are children involved do they expire after 10yrs… Let’s put it simply. If a marriage will fail then it will regardless of an expiration date. Infact, i think it will expire much much faster .. y wait for 10yrs when u can quit now if u r unhappy and y put any effort when it will expire. C’mon. Y put any effort into something u think will fail

I agree with Mate 1, marriage should not have an expiration date. I don’t believe that knowing your relationship is going to end makes you work harder to keep it. Marriage is sacred and somewhere along the line we have lost that belief and respect for marriage; and besides if you know your marriage is going to expire why do it at all?

There is an expiration date. “Till death do you part.”

I do not know if I agree or disagree, both people make good arguments, but if u enter into a marriage, isnt it for better or for worse? i mean unless one or the other does something completely unforgiveable then why do u need an expiration date

Seems like a recipe for diaster to me. What if you forgot to renew it, and your wife was in the hospital having your baby, and then you found out her name was on the birth certificate or your insurance didnt cover it because she was no longer your wife? then you would have to prove to the insurance company she/he was your child. What a mess that would cause.

Sounds completely stupid to me. You shouldnt have to act like the other person is leaving you. There are enough pressures, trial, and such in a marriage you dont need to be adding any. If you were in a relationship (let alone a marriage) would you stay with someone if they were holding something over your head all the time? Do this or i am dumping/ leaving you. Do that or you are not getting any boom boom time. I would be gone in a New York Minute.

That’s a hard one. i think both parties should always act like the other will leave them and show them they love them all the time. but at the same time, it does add a little competition to it because then there is a possibility they will walk out then and there. but mate 1 brings up better points. there is too much conflict and “what if” questions, especially concerning children.