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RE: ⒶⒷⓇⒶⒽⒶⓂ - the trouble with "till death do us part"
Being faithful to the person you marry and committing yourself to such a person is not a western version of marriage but part of what marriage itself entails. You can't claim to love someone and want to be with such someone without committing and staying faithful to such someone. It's not going to work in any way. Marriage without commitment and faithfulness will certainly fail.
With all due respect that is quite a big statement there. And I feel sure Thai Buddhists would disagree.
Sabrina & I are not married, yet now that we have children I feel as if they are way more powerful than a wedding vow. Our non official promise to each other is simply that we will always do our best. Knowing that our best is going to change from time to time eliminates the pain of expectations not being met and permits us to grow as individuals who don't rely on the others' actions for our happiness.