Twilight of untrustworthy husbands

Today (May 21) is "Married Couple's Day." The day is neither a tradition nor a commercial tool made by a company, but a legal anniversary. In 1995, Pastor Gwon Jae-do from Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province watched a TV show on Children's Day and heard a child say, "My dream is that my mom and dad will start living together again." After that day, Gwon began a campaign to mark May 21 as Married Couple's Day. He founded the "Married Couple's Day Committee" and has had a ceremony on May 21 annually since then. From 2001, he submitted petitions about designating May 21 as a national anniversary and the petition was finally acceded in 2007.

Gwon also made 10 commandments for married couples and 10 commandments for fighting married couples. There have been minor revisions but the first commandment has been the same: "The two should not get angry at the same time." This commandment is the key to avoid arguments and conflicts for newly married couples. Trifles like pushing tooth paste from the middle or losing belongings constantly, which were not noticed or may have seemed cute when dating, could develop into a collision eventually.

Daum Soft, a company specializing in big data analysis, found that "the most untrustworthy persons" are husbands by analyzing 530 million texts uploaded in Internet blogs and communities for the last three years and five months. Husbands ranked third in the list of "the top 10 liars." Wives were not in either list. This indicates that husbands completely lost their credibility. Men could be either "fooled" or "fooling," but this survey tells us that there are more fooling men.

The divorce rate of couples who were married for over 20 years keeps increasing and accounted for 30 percent of all divorce cases last year. Husbands decide that living alone is better after retirement rather than becoming a nuisance at home. Then wives would agree to divorce, thinking, "I do not want to serve him anymore, even when I am old and tired." In the later part of the 10 commandments are "Do not keep secrets," and "Do not forget the first moments." There was a time when people believed that married couples should always share the same room, even when they are dead. Sadly, the belief is becoming obsolete.