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I have spoken to several people that have children that feel "marriage is just a piece of paper". They have no intentions of marrying the mother/father of their children, even though they have been together for years. The people I speak of are under the age of 35 and never been married.
Do you also feel this way and why?
I am not passing judgement, just asking a question, so please do not bite my head off.
I have nothing against marriage myself and have had reasons to seek it out but that was due to family concerns.
My opinion in light of society is it seems that it has little value in todays world. No one I know personally have made it beyond 20 years, few have made it past 6 and fewer 10 let alone gone further except for my parents and a couple of aunts and uncles. They were old school.
We live in a disposable society, unfortunately that applies to one another too. I think we're pretty Moderator cut: edit messed up.
Last edited by Miss Blue; 06-21-2015 at 07:26 PM..
Reason: edited your filtered word to "messed"
My marriage means the world to me, as does my DH. We have been married 45 years. So far, my married kids seem to be doing fine in their marriages.
Marriage grants protections to the spouses that living together cannot. There are safeguards for the children whose parents are not married though. That is a big improvement from generations ago.
I do think that people who have committed to each other, and have decided to marry, provide a stable environment for their children. And I also think that same sex couples should be permitted to marry if they desire, for the reasons I value marriage for couples and families.
I don't think so. I think the certificate/license is a piece of paper. But the marriage in itself, I feel can be more profound, or spiritual, if you are the latter.
No, I don't feel that it's just a piece of paper. It's so much more.
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