The taboo of living together as a couple before marriage has largely disappeared. As a result, there's less incentive to get married as a matter of "moving forw

The taboo of living together as a couple before marriage has largely disappeared. As a result, there's less incentive to get married as a matter of "moving forward" with your life. Prior generations experienced marriage as a transformative event, whereas for my wife and I, it was a nice day, but our lives went back to normal afterwards. Add in the fact that even a small ceremony is expensive, and it's no surprise that many people are putting it off or foregoing it entirely.