Akenaton: "I still believe although i am not religious that the conventional template of mother, father, children and extended family is the best we can do as a society in bringing up our children..."

YES!..the nucleus of ALL societal fabric of ALL civilizations!
Did anyone here come from any other form of civilization?
NOPE!
It's just a 'trendy' self indulgence for the self absorbed, to be hung up in promoting random family structures!!
As far as second and third marriages..it's still in the pattern of trying to compensate for what went wrong in the first one...often formed while they were too young and naive.
A classic saying, "Youth is wasted on the young".

Got another little story for ya'...............

This guy, who was quite a womanizer in his younger days..(and married four times), told me this, not that long ago..."Women are the second most thing I hate......you know what the first is??...That I didn't hate them sooner!!"

BTW,(side note)..womanizers are usually those who actually hate women...though they keep fucking them....and with a little skillful probing, will admit it!

Nice yakkin' at ya'!

GfS