Getting married is now only for the rich.

According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) in 2001 those in the higher managerial and professional classes were 24 per cent more likely to marry than those in the poorer groups, but that figure has now risen to 48 percent. The director of the Centre for Social Justice Christian Gay says "marriage has become the preserve of the better off and the rich. This means less stability throughout the whole population". Moreover he claims "the benefit system says don't get married, don't bother getting together, you are better of financially if you live apart". There is a strong correlation between being married and stability and staying married. In addition generally speaking children that grow up in a stable environment are also emotionally and socially more stable.
However even if families are stable and married just getting out of the house and into the countryside is considered by many as just too stressful. A poll of some 2,000 parents was commissioned by Britax. The main three reasons given were the poor and unpredictable weather, the high cost of days out, the length of time it took getting organised and getting the family ready for the journey. As a consequence more families especially larger ones spent more time at home often watching TV. Apparently a fifth said that they were worried that their children might throw a temper tantrum in public, while a quarter cited the sheer quantity of pushchairs, bottles and other paraphernalia they had to assemble. Better and easier to say in doors where in theory you have more control.