Till de-glitching do us part

The young have re-booted marriage for the modern generation, to be beta-tested, learnt from and discarded. But isn't permanence the whole point?

It seems that Generation Y has mistakenly taken its inspiration for matrimony from the short-lived marriages of Hollywood celebrities. Although many of them are in happy relationships now, their early attempts at marriage were famed for their brevity. Take Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton - they managed two years. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries lasted three. Rene Zellweger and Kenny Chesney quit after six months. Till death do us part has been rewritten for the millennial generation: you either like it or leg it.

The young and in love now want to beta-test their marriages in much the same way as software is put through a last stage of testing before release. In the spirit of all things digital, marriage is seen as an iterative experience, where you learn what you can, adapt, then nimbly move on.