Do you want to get married one day?

[MikeTheBartender]

Yes

No

I'm already married

Other (explain)

Updates

9 mo

Interesting on the No's... Almost all male.

[Anonymous]

Answered "Other." Although the answer is sort of "No."

My girlfriend and I have lived together for 9 years and have three children together. She - and the little gifts she has given me - are my everything. I love them more than life itself and would do anything for them.

Yet the funny part is that when we learned that my girlfriend was pregnant the first time we discussed marriage - we are actually pretty traditional - but we decided not against it. Not because we object to marriage per se.

Rather because we just did not want all the noise and folderal that surrounds marriage. First, a marriage license. We just did not feel like we needed a permission slip from the state to be in love.

Then all the ceremony - even for the simplest ceremonies - and all the rest. It just seemed all too noisy and involved and complicated for the simplicity of the love we share.

Yes, I admit that is a bit sappy. The truth is, if my girlfriend changed her mind tomorrow, I would marry her in a heartbeat. She - and again, the three little gifts she has given me - have made me happier than I ever thought I could be.

Yet, eccentric as it sounds, we love each other too much to be married. So I voted "Other," but ironically, both "No" and "Yes" apply.

[OddBeMe]

I’m already planning my next wedding. Just gotta deal with the old wife.
(Picks up shovel)

[MikeTheBartender]

Hahahahahhahahahahhahahhaahhaa

[Anemone978]

I personally never wanted to get married I hate all the stuff that goes into a wedding and I also have issues with being told what to do, plus I always felt like I would be an ugly bride so why bother. Needless to say I ended up married quite early to my first boyfriend, I didn't really want to do it but I was alone in a new country and just went along with it. Do I regret it? Almost everyday but I stayed way too long now and I like not having to work so.. meh.. it is what it is..

[Nikki1989]

We were married in 2019 and are happier than ever.

[OlderAndWiser]

I am engaged. Wedding on April 27, 2024.

[luvstoned4him]

Congratulations. 👏 🌹 Sir. Do I get an invite? 😁

[ProbablyClueless]

One day, yes, but I have a lot of life to live before that time. I'm just trying to get to the point where I enjoy my life. I really can't say that I enjoyed my life in my 20s very much.

[MikeTheBartender]

How come? Work?

[ProbablyClueless]

Lots of reasons... Work wasn't helping anything because everything, EVERY little thing I did to build up any kind of cushion for myself would get shot down and destroyed so all my career stuff basically failed. I spent my 20s overweight because I have an underactive thyroid that I only got diagnosed this year. So I would try and repeatedly fail to lose weight. Mental health was in the toilet. I had a series of extremely abusive relationships and friendships.

My 20s were a wreck, man.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

I'm already happily married.

[EmmaMary]

We shall be celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary this coming November.

[SaRang21]

I very much want to get married to someone I love one day, to shower him with love, to support him with affection. Also I want to be loved too, and I want a legal commitment. 💍

[SouthernWhiteMan]

I'd love a woman like you, but you have already been in love before.

[SaRang21]

At this age, most people aren’t virgins emotionally.. 98% out of 100 have been in love before..

[turnpost]

I guess I am 2% lol. Being in love yes. Loved nope.

[Anonymous]

I'm not worrying about it anymore. I'm passed the child rearing stage so the only reason to marry is if I meet a woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. Since I've only met 1 maybe two women in my life I would have even considered capable of that I don't see it as very likely now. At this point a woman would really have to be something for me to take that leap. I simply have too much to risk now. And most of what is out there in the dating pool at this age is too suspect.

[Wonderingguyy]

YES. I never hear dudes talk about their dream weddings, only chicks lol, but I definitely have fantasized about what I would want mine to be like

[RavVid]

What? Marry! By 8 years there is a 50% probability your wife has divorced you and taken all the assets. Why would you do anything as crazy as that?

[strateguy632]

don't forget prenup document option can protect your savings

[RavVid]

@strateguy632 Yeah... but... Courts can potentially find it was signed under duress if you say I won't marry unless you sign. Certainly this is the case in my country (Australia). A woman ended up with 50% split ($12.4 mill) after a 4 month marriage with a prenup that was found unconscionable by our High Court.

With any commercial contract there is always an element of duress because one party won't supply goods or do the work if the price is not right. A commercial contract can be found unconscionable and therefore invalid and unenforceable.

The net effect is you are betting that courts will not do this. But there maybe changes to the bench with judges with different opinions. That is the problem with courts retrospectively legislating.

I had a close shave with a court deciding I was retrospectively married when I wasn't.

[luvstoned4him]

I would love to

But for the moment , I'm enjoying me, catching up on hobbies and baking and falling in love again with #her #selflove.

[Redstang88]

Always said no freaking way, but meeting the right girl totally changed my mind. Ancient history though, and who knows if there’s another one out there that’ll make me reconsider my views on it

[midnightmoon05]

Yeah…married two times. So not scared of being married.
second marriage was about 2 years ago.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yes, it's possible, so will see someday.

[Jamie05rhs]

I keep going back and forth. Honestly, it depends on if I find a woman worth marrying. If not, then I'm fine skipping that.

[ShadezMcgee]

Honestly on the fence about it. I have been considering partnership over marriage.

[LiamJHayden]

If I discovered I were terminally ill I would so that I could pass my holdings to my heir without her having to pay inheritance taxes. Otherwise, very unlikely.

[BigDog1989]

Unfortunately, no, I don't

See. The unfortunately part of this sentence would be an opinion. The "no" would be the fact

Republicans dont seem to understand the difference

[RealLifeHarleyQuinn]

I'm a guy, age 27 and I cannot wait to get married! This might sound stupid but, ever since I was 6, my biggest dream in life was to meet my True Love, get married to them and start a family together and be married and in Love forever.

[mandyfire98]

I'm cautiously open to the idea

[MikeTheBartender]

Why cautious?

[mandyfire98]

A lot about a marriage that I might be down for honestly. I'd be much happier I think with just a partner and not get married

[MikeTheBartender]

Amén ❤️

[Jltakk]

Not for me. In a perfect world, maybe. In a world where things turned out different, perhaps. But no. I have bigger issues to fix before considering dating let alone marriage.

[TallAnon]

The whole thing sounds like a pain, not gonna lie.
How about we just promise it to eachother and skip wasting the money spent on it.