wat does it take to end a marriage?

Is the above question relevant? Shouldn't the real issue be: what it takes to keep a relationship going?

To be or not to be, that is the question.
To be what? To be divorced? To be a couple? To be happy? To be content? Or is it just to be sane - to maintain one's level of thought?

Maintaining a relationship is definitely not easy, which is why many people end up in divorce, I guess... However, it brings me to thinking - how the hell did the couples in olden times manage to remain married, without even knowing each other in the first place? Think about it: they barely knew each other, may not even have laid eyes on each other before, and they took vows to spend their lives eternally together!!! And they don't end up separated, divorced, etc! Heck, they don't even seem to quarrel!! How did they do that? What is it that they have, that they're doing right, that the couples nowadays don't? Patience? Love? Give-and-take? Acceptance? WHAT???

In fact, isn't it better that we get to know our partners before we end up stuck to them for the rest of our lives? Maybe, that is the problem - maybe, we should NOT know our partners before we marry them. Perhaps, we may then have a greater chance of maintaining the marriage and not end up in divorce. Maybe...