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I know I can change my mind at any time. I'm just getting out while I'm young.
Like I said, that's fine. Just be aware all choices we make have both costs and benefits. The costs of this decision don't seem apparent to you at this point, but don't be surprised if they surface at some future date. You won't be able to say that nobody made you aware of it.
I think some people see their spouse as an opponent.
Yep, most likely because that's what they grew up seeing. And the whole battle of the sexes mentality is generally played up in mainstream media. I don't think that's an accident.
To guard the welfare of the family. Unfortunately the single mothers group is the fastest growing group of those living in poverty in the USA and homelessness. It is important to consider carefully bringing children into this world and to do the best possible to provide for them.
Long term marriage makes the concept of death more appealing...
It also keeps a crap load of divorce attorneys in Porsches and Courvoisier
Marriage is for families...peeps who want kids,,,so there is a contract protecting both parents rights to their kids, while they are kids,,,so if one dies or decides to take the kids to Taiwan, the other has a say in the matter
other than that...I don't see the point...some people buy into the fairy tale notion of happily ever after, and some even achieve it...but the divorce rates are high for a reason...marriage sucks...in so many ways
I know some people feel marriage is not for them. That is fine. However, for couples who want and plan to be together, there are many distinct and advantageous benefits for being married compared to just cohabiting. Many of them may not be immediately important, or important all of the time, but can and will come into play at times.
It is for many of these that people feel it is good for those who want kids or start a family, but even for couples without children, there can be distinct rights and advantages they can gain for their long term relationship that they would not otherwise have.
It is one of the big reasons why there has been such a fight over the civil recognition of gay marriage. Gay couples want civil/legal marriage recognized because of the legal rights granted under marriage.
You have different talents that you share focusing on how to improve the partnership.
Your working toward some goal. I think a common problem in marriages is that they never agreed to any goals.
When we were courting, I told my GF my life goals. She said that she could see herself focusing her life on obtaining those goals. After we were married, every hobby that either of us have taken up has been to further our goals. Our investments, pretty much everything has been to achieve those goals.
We have been married for 34 years.
Romance comes and goes. I have no idea how to hold on to romance. I am not sure if that is even possible.
It is a nice dream, a romantic dream, for a marriage to be based on sexual attraction. Of course it is nice when sexual attraction is present. But a marriage based on only that? I do not think those marriages last.
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