Americans tend to view relationships through a hierarchical lens with marriage traditionally occupying the top tier. For better or worse, this unspoken, systematically enforced hierarchy influences societal perceptions and individual experiences.
It’s be interesting to add remarried. Some people I know are remarried and almost no one remembers that there was a first marriage (especially if all/any of the kids are from marriage 2) and others where everyone talks about oh this is the second / third marriage for them.
It’s be interesting to add remarried. Some people I know are remarried and almost no one remembers that there was a first marriage (especially if all/any of the kids are from marriage 2) and others where everyone talks about oh this is the second / third marriage for them.