Hear, hear. As someone who got married at age 21 and am still married decades later I aplaud every bit of this article. We are programmed for community and one man and one woman bonded for life facing the world alone is not really the norm nor is it sufficent. We all need to open our eyes to how we can strengthen a wide variety of social bonds. It doesn't just take a village to raise a child, it takes a village enable anyone to live a healthy balanced life.