One of my friends on Facebook who recently got married just made a joke in her status saying "I love married life! Looking forward to the next 72 days..."

She got lots of lolz and hahahas. But then there was one comment that read "Well if I got a 2 million dollar ring, it would totally be worth it. If not, i guess I'll just have to keep toughing married life out."

In mind mind I was like: "..."

Seriously? Is marriage so cheap these days to only be worth a couple of millions to people? Is that lifelong commitment really such a joke? I guess divorce statistics speak to that. 

This neither surprises me or makes me feel sorry for her in any way. But. It does make me incredibly sad that marriage, is yet again, treated like nothing more than an old sock to be tossed away at the first sign of a hole. Whether it was real for her or just a publicity stunt, it's the same. Knowing the immense amount of joy that my own marriage gives me and the amount of work and commitment that we put into our relationship, it just makes me ill that other people treat this like dirt. I almost take it kind of personally. Almost. Not quite. ;D