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It's true that the significance of marriage has decreased. Men and women were supposed to be virgins until marriage, and it was bad to have children out of wedlock. Marriage was also the only acceptable time to live together.
Now that we're a more open society, I feel that even though the concept of marriage is not something people agree with anymore. There are still many good things about it.
Marriage is proven to have more long term benefits than cohabiting. It forces people to work harder for their relationship, persevere and improve, married people are more likely to stay together through difficult times. Marriage is a safer place to raise children. Also when people start to reach old age, people who are married are actually shown to have longer, healthier lives.
Marriage has legal consequences and so the two become more of a unity that work together. Salary, bank accounts, taxes... the legal implications of marriage make it easier, financially, than cohabitation.
Also, immature but: the little girl in me dreams of getting married! That willingly entering into a contract to show how much you care and love that person and are willing to work hard to maintain that relationship is THE highest form of romance.
Even though that's my choice, I think some people are suited to marriage and some aren't, up to you. If my partner was extremely passionate about not marrying and could justify his reasons, I could also do a civil partnership, I can be flexible.
Marriage doesn't have to be the stereotypical gowns and churches and settling down to sire a litter of children. If you love someone and they love you, make a lifeling commitment to eachother and enjoy the rest of your lives together.
We got married on a boat with a handful of friends, got high and played Apples to Apples all night. Every other couple could only wish their wedding was as fun and meaningful and beautiful as ours because the people there were worth more than any religious ceremony or reception dinner.
Marriage has been around for thousands of years. It's a picture of Christ and the Church. It will be here until Jesus returns. Women feel safer and more secure in a marriage and are more sexually satisfied in a marriage. Marriage allows for the formation of a family unit and the stability of the family. All the demographics point to the two parent family as being optimal to reduce crime, drugs, poverty and pretty much anything negative in society.
Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge. - Hebrews 13:4
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,... Ephesians 5:25
modern marriage in the western part of the world. seem like a waste of time for most men
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u If you ask this question, then marriage is probably not the thing for you.
Don't forget the marriage ceremony is all about her. And it ain't cheap if you plan to invite lots of people.
Well I guess the benefit would be on taxes you can change it to married. And then your household income is larger so you wouldn't have to pay as much for rent or the mortgage. I mean I am assuming she's going to be chipping in once married.
Besides that I don't really think there's too much of a reason to get married that would benefit the man. Divorce and losing half your stuff is always a scary thought.
There’s something about getting married that feels nice. Some sort of security that I can’t really explain, whereas when you’re dating forever it just sounds like there’s no improvement. Most people think “I’m dating to reach a long-term goal” and that’s to get married. I agree that you don’t NEED to be married as long as both partners don’t want it, but I 100% want to get married. Maybe it’s my old fashion “I wanna dress up like a disney princess and have my fairytale wedding” as a kid😂
My boyfriend occasionally brings up marriage here and there and he said “we are going to have a lovely wedding in the future” which makes me over the moon happy! Seeing him actually wanting the same outcome as me, it’s nice! I just love him so much..
Marriage is like having a new family and family is love, life or happiness.
Just because some people have commitment issues, or love to cheat CANNOT RUIN THE BEAUTIFUL MEANING of marriage. They just use excuses like their freedom is limited and I've observed that they never really cared about their parents. They're only concerned about their adventures and that's why they love having friends with same mindset to enjoy their lives to the fullest. Married couples also have their freedom and can enjoy life just like single people do.
It was supposed to set financial and social security along with publicly/legally recognising your relationship.
people nowadays can support themselves and don't need marriage as much as older times. In fem[poor] areas/some scenarios people need marriage to support themselves not always good marriage tho (no consent, forced, unhealthy partner, social pressure etc).
It's still a thing if u want it to be but it isn't really a no.1 priority that everyone must on their list. Plus u don't have to follow the norms of traditional weddings (man proposes, lavish, consummate, religious aspects, etc). in my opinion, marriage isn't as important but it can be special and done if the person wants it to be.
Marriage provides a sense of stability. Without it, I’d feel like it would be less of a deal to break up or try to fix things because there’s nothing tying you down. I think that’s why God designed marriage. Children fare much better when parents are legally together because rather than paying for an expensive divorce, a couple is likely to try to salvage their relationship for financial reasons but even so, it’s still good if the outcome is to work out their problems. Also, it’s nice to wear a ring in public so that others don’t try to hit on your partner or yourself. The jealousy can be avoided more by that.
You do have to seriously weigh a number of things. Number one is just that... numbers. Are you willing to potentially sacrifice half your shit for someone? The cost of marriage and divorce (if that happens). Are you willing to go through all that court stuff? Number two is your beliefs. Just because by law you say you're married do you really feel married to that person? There are plenty of people who live together and are legally married but live on two opposite ends of the house. Perhaps on a spiritual level you feel connected to that person regardless of a contract? So yeah those have to answered.
Today, it’s not what it’s supposed to be. People throw it around like a joke now.
They actually literally plan for their own divorce (such as pre-nups) instead of making their vows mean something and saying no matter what we are going through this together.
People don’t actually try to make things work when they get married. As soon as one steps on the other’s foot they want a divorce.
To most people, wedding vows don’t mean anything anymore.
Marriage is necessary when only a married couple can be granted many legal stuff or rights or legal procedures that single people can't and also for stability beause I bet if a married couple have kids the kids want to see daddy and mommy together and for stability mostly for the kids so they learn good values when they grow up.
It’s true that marriage isn’t necessary nowadays. But people still do get married. I’d want to get married to have the same last name as my partner, and also because on paper we’d also be together. And it’s kind of a sentimental and romantic thing to be married as you’re truly tied together as a couple.
Yeah some people still believe in marriage. It really shouldn't be used to get yourself to become secure as most would use it. It should be done when both parties are loving secured and willing to commit in front of their friends and family to a long term monogamous relationship.
If you decide that isn't for others, then marriage shouldn't be pushed onto others.
Note: Those are some cute ass girls
It's not needed, but it's in personal preference. My husband and I dated for 5 years before deciding to marry. We knew we wanted to be together forever and didn't need the marriage, but decided too for benefits and to express our long term commitment in what we saw as a meaningful way.
Marriage is still a thing and marriage has always been a thing.
People aren't supposed to have premarital sex, but they ignore God and the conscience anyway and do it anyway. ONe day they will be punished by God for violating her COMMANDMENTS.
Well it serves no purpose to women either.
No really, neither side has any advantage in getting married.
I got married last year and I knew before I did that if I was happy before my wedding, if I continued to be as happy after married, then I had a successful marriage.
It's just the next step in a committed relationship nothing more.
Marriage for a man only makes sense if it is only with a marriageable woman. Hardly any of those exist.
On the flip its only purpose is to make a stable family unit for children. Many people dont have kids anymore.
Both points considered, marriage should not be a common practice anymore.
Outdated and unnecessary. Basically an old rite of ownership. Women were treated like possessions because societal inequality caused women to need caretakers/masters to give them a good life.
But now women are fully capable of providing for themselves and don't need marriage to live a good life. There's just no need for a ceremony that's a throwback to the days when men owned women like livestock
marriage rates are down but interestingly the percentage of marriages ending in divorce is also considerably lower so as far as im concerned, if people want to marry, its entirely up to them and it attracts no criticism from me
If a man chooses to get married today, he's an idiot.
Who in their right mind would put chains on themselves and ask permission to belong to someone
It won’t be a thing in the 2100s. People are starting to realize how useless it is 😅
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