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/^t/For centuries the importance of marriage has not been questioned. It was the best way to bind two people together for life. One usually met somebody of the opposite sex, (preferably) fell in love with him/her, got engaged, and finally, consumated the relationsip in marriage which would last "till death us do apart". The sexual revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s brought about totally different approach towards the concept of marriage. Since the times of the 'Flower Children' some of us are convinced that marriage is obsolete and useless. Although it has been so frequently criticized over the past few decades, the position of marriage certainly remains firm, which proves it to be certainly not an outmoded concept.